Description: This article discusses how ERM has and could be leading to important improvements in regulatory oversight.

Description: This article discusses the process of pandemic preparedness.

Description: The functions of risk management, capital management and financial management are three vital areas of an insurance company. Increasingly, the concept of linking such functions has gained traction, with the recognition that such integration may add value to a company.

Description: This article discusses how this improvement in performance measurement can be achieved through the use of a framework that explicitly links risk, capital and value.

Description: This is a critical juncture to build insurance mechanisms into the architecture of the agreement that will emerge in Copenhagen this year.

Description: The editor introduces the articles in this issue of the Risk Management newsletter, June, 2010. Topics include an IAA project on risk assessment, systemic risk and other risk management subjects.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the future of Risk Management and of the Joint Risk Management Section.

Description: A risk map is an effective and dynamic tool in helping companies develop a broader view of their risks.

Description: The author suggests ways to strengthen a company's enterprise risk management process, including the development of an "effective resilience factor," a risk metric that reflects an organization’s exposure and response to an adverse event, and measures the ability of the organization to mitigate the reduction in its operating level.

Description: ICP 16 and its requirement for an Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) will offer opportunities for the actuarial profession to provide uniquely well-educated and professional assistance to this process.