Description: The presenters will discuss the current interest rate market environment and what insurance companies can do to best protect themselves from interest rate risk. The presenters, industry leaders in financial risk management, will explore how different products and strategies—including swaps, options, and other derivatives—are being used in today’s market. The discussion will include how to model and measure interest rate risk, how to quantify hedge effectiveness, and how to improve hedging operations.

Description: There will be no easy resolution to the current trade friction between the U.S. and China. If anything, the motivations for increasing protectionism are set to intensify. What are these motivations? Where is this trade war headed? And what impact could this have on economies and financial markets?

Description: There is widespread acknowledgement in the insurance industry that cyber risk remains an untamed and seemingly ever-growing beast. It is also unique in the family of risk exposures faced by insurers in that it is both an emerging risk and an emerged risk. What are companies doing to keep on top of this risk? What are actuaries doing to contribute to cyber risk management, and what can we learn from other industries and disciplines?

Description: Discusses the use of ERM in the world of small insurance companies.

Description: The Chair of the Smaller Insurance Company Section discusses several topics including our global economy and how economies are interrelated, disaster recovery plans, and the appropriate diversification of risk.

Description: This fact sheet about the Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst 'CERA' designation describes the credential, the impact on businesses of having CERA certified personnel, and the CERA curriculum.

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 reviews why financial reporting controls are relevant to actuaries. It also discusses the impact of LDTI on controls and the strategic decisions that insurers need to make.

Description: This article discusses the whys and hows of managing risk and capital at the enterprise level.