Description: This article discusses new developments on the regulatory front. Under the new agreement, insurance company management and boards will be required to issue a statement that reflects their judgment about the firm’s viability, including its capital adequacy. The required opinion will have five elements - identifying risks, measuring risks, a risk feedback loop, a risk tolerance statement, and a risk policy.

Description: A table from an article in The Actuary Magazine entitled An Analysis of Risk Management Terminology - Your guide to speaking ERM with different industries.

Description: In this article the author suggests a game-changing idea - Require as part of the governance process an “independent risk audit” performed by a CERA.

Description: This article describes the impact of the global acceptance of the SOA’s Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst credential.

Description: This article discusses the state of risk management practice in the banking industry in the Middle East. Risk management in the Middle East is complicated by data quality problems and corporate governance issues.

Description: This article describes how insurers can expand the reach of their efforts with regard to Economic Capital EC into the broader enterprise risk management process. Some experts contend that can be done by shifting the focus towards value. EC has the potential to shed new light on valuable opportunities for insurers.

Description: In July 2007, Mike McLaughlin, FIA, FSA, MAAA, became one of the first individuals to add a new credential from the Society of Actuaries after his name: CERA. Short for Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst, the CERA is the first new credential from the SOA since it was formed in 1949. While the development of this new international credential was the work of many members over the past few years, McLaughlin was at the helm. From The Actuary Magazine October 2007

Description: Article discussing the benefits of the Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst, CERA, credential.

Description: A table from an article in The Actuary Magazine entitled An Analysis of Risk Management Terminology - Your guide to speaking ERM with different industries.

Description: This is a table from an article in The Actuary Magazine entitled An Analysis of Risk Management Terminology - Your guide to speaking ERM with different industries.