Description: In this article, we provide practical guidance for understanding how to develop and apply an effective risk appetite statement.

Description: An overview of the articles in the August 2012 issue of Risk Management and a list of winners of the most recent call for papers, “Risk Metrics for Decision Making and ORSA.”

Description: An exploration of Canada’s federal regulator of financial institutions (OSFI) and its more formal assessment of the actuarial function of insurers.

Description: The letter from the editor discusses some recent loss events driven by model error and provides an overview of the articles in this issue of Risk Management.

Description: In this article, the author examines the black holes that arise every day in the form of pressures such as: competitive, top line growth, staff expertise, and regulatory to name a few.

Description: List of recent publications that may be of interest to readers of Risk Management newsletter.

Description: The editors provide highlights of the articles included in the August 2015 issue of Risk Management.

Description: This article explores reasons for plan sponsors to consider lump-sum payouts. The author suggests for plan sponsors looking to reduce risk, the factors outlined in the article suggest that sponsors may benefit from considering risk-transfer opportunities much sooner than they may have anticipated.

Description: Insurers can leverage information from their required Own Risk Solvency Assessment (ORSA) and use it internally to improve the likelihood of solvency and gain a competitive advantage.

Description: This paper demonstrates the use of Quantile Regression in the development and understanding of conditional value at risk (VaR) models for enterprise risk management.