The Geneva Association and the International Insurance Society (IIS) have announced the 2018 recipient of their collaborative insurance research program, the Shin Research Excellence Awards.

Following a comprehensive review led by The Geneva Association and IIS, a research team of Alexander Bohnert and Albrecht Fritzsche of University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Shirley Gregor of Australian National University, will receive the award for their research 'Digital Agendas in the Insurance Industry: The Importance of Comprehensive Approaches'.

The insurance protection gaps in healthcare and cyber risks are not sufficiently researched even though their respective protection shortfalls are more dramatic than for natural catastrophe risk, according to the study Understanding and addressing global insurance protection gaps released today by The Geneva Association.

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The use of big data analytics in insurance offers significant societal benefits, as improved understanding of risks can inform risk reduction and enhance insurability. However, individuals, firms and regulators face complex trade-offs when balancing the benefits and risks of using personal data from digital sources to calculate insurance premiums.

Our new report explores these issues, and aims to contribute to an informed and fact-based regulatory debate on access to and use of data in insurance - find out more at the following links:

The insurance industry is contributing significantly to building socio-economic resilience to climate change and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy in their role as risk management experts and investors, although a number of challenges are hindering the industry’s efforts to scale up its contribution, according to a new research report from The Geneva Association, the leading international think tank of the insurance industry.

The effects of prolonged low interest rates on life insurers represent a complex but manageable headwind for the industry as it continues to adapt its business model in response, according to a new research report published today by The Geneva Association, the leading international think tank of the insurance industry.

The Geneva Association, the leading international think tank of the insurance industry, has published in collaboration with the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) the paper Guidelines for Risk Assessment to Support Sovereign Risk Financing and Risk Transfer, which provide governments with a framework for conducting the risk assessment underpinning national risk transfer programmes.

The use of genetic information for life, disability, critical illness and long-term care insurance is likely to increase in relevance. The growing availability of genetic testing at ever lower prices is already giving insureds the option to purchase online “direct-to-consumer” tests.  The new paper from The Geneva Association explores key implications of the use of genetic information in life insurance.

The Geneva Association has responds to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors announcement on the development of a Global Insurance Capital Standard.

Leading international insurance think tank, The Geneva Association has today issued a paper on the group-wide risk and capital management of internationally active insurance groups (IAIGs). The paper aims to support the discussions underway at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on a Common Framework for the Supervision of Internationally Active Insurance Groups (ComFrame). The paper comprises a survey of the risk and capital management practices of 19 large insurance groups.