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May 2010Order

  Insurance Accounting Alert – May 2010
The IASB and FASB approach the final Exposure Draft  173 kB

  Management of pension fund accounting
Our role: We take over responsibility on a customised basis for all or part of your pension fund accounting, in accordance with the Swiss Gaap RPC 26 standard.  304 kB

April 2010Order

  Insurance Accounting Alert – April 2010
IASB and FASB continue to discuss significant issues to complete deliberations on insurance contract accounting  431 kB

March 2010Order

  Insurance Accounting Alert – March 2010
IASB and FASB discuss significant issues to complete deliberations on insurance contract accounting.  432 kB

February 2010Order

  Insurance Accounting Alert – February 2010
IASB and FASB to discuss account driven contracts, unbundling, results of field testing and presentation on 18 February  199 kB

  Outpacing change
Ernst & Young’s 12th annual global information security survey  1205 kB

January 2010Order

  Insurance Accounting Alert – January 2010
IASB and FASB to discuss risk adjustment, residual margin and policyholder behaviour  221 kB

December 2009Order

  Insurance Accounting Alert – December 2009
IASB and FASB aim for common measurement objective and refine details of measurement model based on three building blocks  1014 kB

October 2009Order

  Insurance Relocation
Your Business in Switzerland  1878 kB

  The future of Finance
Driving business value through the performance of the Finance function  1095 kB

September 2009Order

  Insurance Accounting Alert – September 2009
IASB to discuss measurement model, margin and discount rate  581 kB

  Risk Convergence
Systematic harmonization of governance, risk management and control functions  1106 kB

August 2009Order

  Financial Services – August 2009
Positioning for success — redesigning the asset management model: In response to challenging market conditions, asset managers should examine their operating models with an eye toward meeting demands from regulators and investors, growing assets, increasing investment performance and managing risk.  162 kB

July 2009Order

  Insight for Executives in Financial Services – Summer 2009
Swiss Financial Services Providers – Coping with the Current Challenges / Changing Value Chain in Swiss Banks / Insurance Center of Excellence in Zurich / Asked: Joachim H. Straehle, CEO, Bank Sarasin  5690 kB

August 2008Order

  Insurance groups: securing the benefits
Solvency II will provide well-prepared insurance groups with many diversification benefits including lower capital requirements. But these benefits depend on insurers’ decisions around structure and approach. We provide the latest on Solvency II and offer insurance executives insights to be better prepared for the change.  10783 kB

  IFRS 7 in the insurance industry
Ernst & Young has published "IFRS 7 in the insurance industry," which examines how IFRS 7 Financial Instruments has been applied in the insurance industry, highlighting challenges faced by insurance companies in applying the standard and drawing comparisons between them. The report is based on an analysis of the IFRS 7-specific disclosures in the annual financial statements of 16 of the largest insurers reporting under IFRS.  2744 kB

  Measuring operational risk
Insurers often focus their attention on traditional areas of financial risk. While this is not surprising or unusual, Solvency II will require the global insurance industry to pay closer attention to the often “forgotten” area of operational risk. We identify the challenges – and assess the impact – of Solvency II OpRisk requirements.  421 kB

July 2008Order

  European embedded value results – 2008 year-end
In last year’s report we gave our thoughts on where the industry was likely to move in terms of European embedded value (EEV) reporting development. The industry has recently fi nalised its own guidance on calculating market consistent embedded values (MCEV), releasing the CFO Forum Principles on MCEV in June 2008.  1744 kB

June 2008Order

  QIS 4 – Shifting the focus from consultation to implementation
Insurers that participate in Solvency II’s Quantitative Impact Studies (QIS) not only influence the debate, they get a valuable opportunity to assess their own level of preparedness. In this report, we bring you up to speed on key lessons learned from QIS 1, 2 and 3, and highlight the issues being addressed in QIS 4.  269 kB

  Solvency II – Raising the bar
Insurers that embed well-designed internal models into their risk management system can provide real-time, relevant information to drive business decisions and boost market leadership. Learn how to “raise the bar” and integrate Solvency II, using precedents set by Basel II and the Swiss Solvency Test.  1569 kB

  2008 Insurance Risk Leadership Survey
Moving to the next level – a progress report on insurance risk leadership  457 kB

  Grasping the reins of fundamental change – EY's comments on SII draft directive
Solvency II will alter the ways insurers are supervised and should ultimately lead to a more efficient global insurance market. However, inconsistencies in the latest draft directive may lead to conflicting interpretations and arbitrary treatment of insurers. We explore the directive’s main components and offer our assessment.  2637 kB

March 2008Order

  GIPS® News – March 2008 (Special Edition)
Panel Event: «Meet Members of the GIPS® Executive Committee», Zurich, December 5, 2007 / Editorial / The work with the GIPS® country sponsors / GIPS® 2010 – a look at the past and future journey / On verification – the road to a win-win solution / Questions from the audience / Upcoming GIPS® Conferences and Seminars / Contacts  778 kB

January 2008Order

  Strategic Business Risk – Insurance 2008
Strategic risks arise from trends, conditions and uncertainties within global markets. This report explores the most significant business risks and challenges that the insurance industry will face over the next three to five years.  387 kB

  Property/Casualty Industry 2008 Outlook
In spite of another year of great earnings and strong balance sheets, the near future is likely to challenge the property/casualty insurance industry’s fundamentals. Many companies today are having difficulty achieving topline targets on a regular basis, with signals of margin compression around the corner. This is occurring in the face of relatively benign loss trends in both core and catastrophe lines.  1197 kB

December 2007Order

  Life Insurance Industry 2008 Outlook
Ernst & Young identified seven issues for life insurance companies that are the focus of our 2008 Outlook: Retirement Income, Financial Events, Technology, Offshoring, Solvency II, International Financial Reporting Standards, Tax Issues and Implications  192 kB

October 2007Order

  Focused Innovation: Exploring the Property/Casualty Insurance Industry's Competing Objectives
Embracing innovation requires a changing mind set that taps creative opportunities and focuses on moving the best ideas forward. This report explores the subject of innovation as it relates to the property / casualty insurance industry. It examines eleven sets of competing objectives categorized into three groups: broad strategic issues, structural issues pitting different segments of the industry against each other and operational issues.  2087 kB

September 2007Order

  European Embedded Value Results
2006 Year-End  6256 kB

July 2007Order

  Taking Solvency II to the Next Level - Solvency II for Insurance Groups
With Solvency II approaching, insurance groups need to take a hard look at their corporate structure and intra-group risk transfer arrangements. As capital markets place further pressure on groups to increase capital efficiency, companies need to redefine the way they manage risk, and re-evaluate existing policies and procedures. This report discusses the implications, benefits, risks, group requirements, and conceptual framework that will help insurers navigate through this complex process ...  397 kB

June 2007Order

  At the Crossroads – The future direction of insurance accounting
This newsletter summarizes the proposals in the recent International Accounting Standards Board Discussion Paper.  2014 kB

April 2007Order

  2006 Insurance Audit Committee Survey
This new report from the Global Insurance Center shows that insurance audit committees are more risk-focused than those in other industries, with half spending at least 20% of their meeting agenda on risk issues. Respondents from the insurance industry identified their key concerns over risk, oversight issues, activities and effectiveness (pdf, 912kb), as well as what they believe to be the greatest challenges facing them.  912 kB

February 2007Order

  Good Insurance (International) Limited (fictitious insurance company)
The 2006 International GAAP® Illustrative Financial Statements publications include the consolidated fictitious financial statements incorporating all IFRS in issue at 30 June 2006. The financial statements are cross referenced to the source authoritative literature and include explanatory notes, and they illustrate how IFRS accounts will be presented for the year ending 31 December 2006. Please note that the model accounts are illustrative and do not show all possible accounting and ...  1134 kB

December 2006Order

  Life Insurance Industry 2007 Outlook
The attached report on the Outlook for 2007 for the Life Insurance Industry was produced in conjunction with the Life Insurance Industry Executive Conference recently sponsored by the Global Insurance Center in New York. Written by Doug French, the Outlook covers the key issues commanding the attention of life company management, boards and investors.  86 kB

  U.S. Property/Casualty Insurance Industry 2007 Outlook
An outlook for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, issued by Ernst & Young’s Global Insurance Center, points to five key issues that will shape the market in 2007: maintaining and managing profitability, shifting from growth to innovation, lingering post-2005 and 2006 catastrophe market issues, changes in the reinsurance market, and risk and control convergence.  100 kB

  IFRS Insurance Reporting - Beyond Transition
The implementation of IFRS has been a success around the world, but considerable work is still needed to improve the transparency and comparability of insurance company financial statements. For many, the 'black box' of insurance accounting remains. The attached report contains recommendations to improve this situation in the short to medium term.  7023 kB

November 2006Order

  Solvency II Readiness & Beyond
Ernst & Young surveyed the top 100 insurance companies in Europe to obtain insight into the level of awareness regarding the Solvency II project. The Solvency II Readiness Survey revealed that over 80% of respondents have already started their Solvency II projects and over 60% see Solvency II as a means to improve risk managment. The report highlights key challenges respondents face and indentifies and explores other findings and major themes.  1274 kB

  IFRS Phase II Insurance Accounting
The Global IFRS Insurance Working Group has issued a thought leadership paper comparing the principles that have been debated at the IASB with views that have been expressed by a group of European insurance industry representatives (the CFO Forum) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). The paper notes that although there are many areas of consensus, there are some important areas of difference. It also contains a summary of some high level business implications ...  357 kB

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