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Climate Risk and Sustainable Finance in Europe: The Role of Insurance

Nathalie Berger, Helmut Gründl and Tom Wilson discussed systemic risk in the insurance sector and its regulatory implications

Systemic Risk in the Insurance Sector: Micro- and Macroprudential Policies are not yet aligned

The research project "The Influence of Market Risks on the Stock Return of Life Insurance Companies" by Sebastian Schlütter, Mark Browne, Nicolaus Grochola, Helmut Gründl was presented and discussed at a research seminar of the Deutsche Bundesbank.

The editorial by Professor Helmut Gründl has been published in the current October 2018 issue of the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practices with a focus on insurance regulation

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl

Life Insurers: Low Interest Rates are Bad. Are Rising Interest Rates Better?

The International Center for Insurance Regulation (ICIR) further extends its international network for research collaborations. In this context, Irina Gemmo, a junior researcher of the ICIR and doctoral student at the Chair of Insurance and Regulation at Goethe University will visit the Wharton…

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl moderates the panel "Insurance Company Resolution" with the panelists Felix Hufeld (President, BaFin), Fausto Parente (Executive Director, EIOPA), Giulio Terzariol (CFO, Allianz SE), and Sir Paul Tucker (Chair, Systemic Risk Council) at the ILF Conference "Resolution in…

Irina Gemmo accepts an invitation from the University of Oxford and the Department of Economics to present her research paper "Transparency Aversion and Insurance Market Equilibria".

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl and Christian Kubitza attend the EIOPA Advanced Seminar "Quantitative Techniques in Financial Stability", contribute to the panel discussion on "What is the role of macroprudential policy in insurance?", and will present the research paper "Rising interest rates, lapse risk,…

The ICIR team meets with the IMF representatives of the Euro Area Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) talking about the risks to the insurance sector in the euro area and the adequacy of the regulatory and supervisory framework to manage these risks.

Christian Kubitza presents the research paper "Financial Contagion and Diversification of Insurance Activities" at the Bank of England in London.

The ICIR research team with Prof. Helmut Gründl, Christian Kubitza and Fabian Regele present their research "Rising Interest Rates, Lapse Risk and the Stability of Life Insurers" at the Deutsche Bundesbank.

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl presented on the topic "Integrated Financial Supervision in Germany" for the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) international training program that was hosted by the Allianz in Munich.

The ICIR successfully hosted the Frankfurt Insurance Research Workshop 2017 at Goethe University. Doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers in the areas of insurance, risk management, or insurance regulation had the opportunity to present work in progress as well as research ideas, and receive…

Irina Gemmo visits the Chair of Risk and Insurance Economics at the ETH Zurich to present her research on "Transparency Aversion and Insurance Market Equilibria" and discuss future potential research projects.

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl, Christian Kubitza and Fabian Regele present their research paper "Persistence of Insurance Activities and Financial Stability" at the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt.

Brexit and Its Impact on Insurance in Europe

Speaker: Raj Singh, CRO, Standard Life plc

Fabian Regele erhält den Frankfurter Preis für seine Masterarbeit "Infrastructure Investments – Regulatory Treatment and Optimal Capital Allocation under Solvency II" vom Förderkreis für die Versicherungslehre e.V. an der Goethe-Universität.

Fabian Regele gewinnt für seine Master-Thesis den 2. Platz des Karriere-Preises der DZ BANK Gruppe 2017

The ICIR cordially welcomes Nana Adwoa Dekyem Amo-Mensah from Ghana to the team as PhD student focusing on insurance regulation research topics in Europe and Africa

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl nimmt Teil am BMWi – SAFE Workshop und präsentiert zum Thema "Überlegungen zur Weiterentwicklung der Riester-Rente"

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl presents at the "International Financial Sector Forum" of China Association for Promoting Development Financing (CAPDF) in Beijing on the topic of "Integrated Financial Supervision"

Irina Gemmo, Mark J. Browne, Helmut Gründl

Christian Kubitza, Helmut Gründl

Jan-Hendrik Weinert, Helmut Gründl

Karel Van Hulle

Jens Gal

ICIR publishes its Annual Report 2015/16 "Systemic Risk in the Insurance Industry"

Helmut Gründl, Ming (Ivy) Dong, Jens Gal: "The evolution of insurer portfolio investment strategies for long-term investing"

Systemic Risk in the Insurance Sector - Models, Measures and Reality

Helmut Gründl attends the "The Future of Savings - Business models and regulatory changes in the new environment" Conference by the Banque de France in Paris

Elia Berdin presents his research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta conference "The Impact of Extraordinary Monetary Policy on the Financial Sector" scheduled for 1-2 December 2016

Versicherung neu gedacht in Zeiten des digitalen Wandels

The working paper "The Modern Tontine: An Innovative Instrument for Longevity Risk Management in an Aging Society" of Prof. Dr. H. Gründl and J. H. Weinert will be presented at the CEAR/MRIC Behavioral Insurance Workshop on 12/13 Dec 2016 in Munich.

The research working paper „Auto-Serial and Cross-Serial Dependence of Tail Returns, and Implications for Systemic Risk” has been accepted for the 2017 AFA Ph.D. Poster Session at the 2017 ASSA Annual Meeting taking place 6-8 January 2017 in Chicago, IL.

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl hält den Vortrag "Solvency II auf dem Prüfstand" bei der Tagung "7. Insurance Day" von Institutional Money und VVO, dem Verband der Versicherungsunternehmen Österreichs, am 13.9.2016 in Wien.

Das Buch "Solvency II - Eine Einführung. Grundlagen der neuen Versicherungsaufsicht" von Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl und Prof. Dr. Mirko Kraft (Hrsg.) erscheint in 2. Auflage im Verlag Versicherungswirtschaft GmbH

ICIR Working Paper No. 5 by Dirk Höring, Helmut Gründl and Sebastian Schlütter has been accepted for publication in The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review

The Insurance Advisory Council addresses issues of insurance practice and provides advice to BaFin on the implementation and further development of supervisory law.

An interview with Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl on the research paper that deals with the topic of insurance surrender, i.e. the premature termination of life insurance policies.

Risk Attitudes, Family Transitions and the Economy

Mark Browne, Ph. D., Professor at the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science, St. John’s University, New York

A Critical Perspective on the Solvency II Implementation

Dr. Dieter Wemmer, Member of the Board of Management and CFO of Allianz SE

Dr. Frank Grund, Chief Executive Director of Insurance and Pension Funds Supervision, BaFin

Does National Flood Insurance Program Participation Induce Housing Development

Mark Browne, Ph. D., Professor at the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science, St. John’s University, New York

"The Insurance Sector - Trends and Systemic Risk Implications" refers to the ICIR Research of Elia Berdin "Assessing Systemic Risk of the European Insurance Industry"

Article by ICIR lecturer Prof. Karel Van Hulle

In order to provide a forum for Executives to discuss the changes affecting the insurance industry, “Karel’s Club” brings together key people from the insurance industry, from the insurance supervisory community and from academea to exchange views and experiences in a small group.

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Nickel-Waninger and Prof. Dr. Manfred Wandt have been elected as members of the Board of Directors of the German Association of Insurance Research (Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft)