by Tolani Makanjuola | Apr 25, 2023 | Business Analytics, General, Regulations
The multi-year implementation of the IFRS 17 accounting standard (“the standard”) has required significant enterprise-wide technology changes that have predictably proved challenging and complex for the insurance industry. Since 2017, industry players have...
by Joey Doyle | Oct 3, 2022 | Climate Risk, Regulations, Uncategorized
This blog series explores initial industry research into managing climate risk so that you understand what is at stake for your financial institution (FI), as well as how to get started with measuring and mitigating this emerging source of risk. We have presented an...
by Carmen Loh | Mar 15, 2022 | Regulations
Existing accounting practices in the insurance industry are inconsistent and unclear. This has led to the issuance of IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts – the first international Standard for insurance contracts. Because this Standard is based solely on principle and does...
by Carmen Loh | Jun 3, 2021 | Regulations
Previously, we talked about the 5 Ws of IFRS 17. This blog post (Part 2) will discuss the H: How does IFRS 17 replace IFRS 4? A Consistent Model Figure 1: The components that make up IFRS 17 insurance contract liabilities.[1] IFRS 17 introduces the General Measurement...
by Carmen Loh | Apr 20, 2021 | Regulations
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 17 Insurance Contracts, issued in 2017, represents a major overhaul on financial reporting for insurance companies. However, many in the financial industry are still unfamiliar with the Standards. This blog post, Part...
by Jonathan Leonardelli, FRM | Jun 9, 2020 | Regulations
In a recent webinar I participated in with SAS we discussed Economic Impact Analysis (EIA). While EIA is similar in concept to stress testing, its main goal is to allow credit unions to move quickly to evaluate economic changes to their portfolio—such as those brought...
