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Solvency II Special Interest Group

 

Future Meetings

 

 

Date

9 September 2010
Time 9.30 am to 12:00 noon
Location IRM Office, 6th floor, 6 Lloyd's Ave, London, EC3N 3AX
Topic

Risk Culture - What is one, how do you get one? How does it relate to 'use' and 'embedding'?


Speakers

James Maxwell, Marsh Risk Consulting
Alex Hindson, Amlin plc
Iain Wright, Avantage

 

Date

7 October 2010
Time 9.30 am to 12:00 noon
Location IRM Office, 6th floor, 6 Lloyd's Ave, London, EC3N 3AX
Topic

Introducing the new Financial Services Risk Module of the IRM Diploma


Speakers

Phil Whittingham, XL Group

 

Date

26 November 2010
Time 9.30 am to 12:00 noon
Location IRM Office, 6th floor, 6 Lloyd's Ave, London, EC3N 3AX
Topic

Rating Agency view of Enterprise Risk Management in insurance companies in a Solvency II world

Speakers

James Peacock, Associate Director, FI Rating Services, Standard & Poors

 

Group contact details

Chairman: Philip Whittingham on philip.whittingham@xlgroup.com

Secretary: Alex Hindson on Alex.Hindson@amlin.co.uk.

Group aims and objectives

To inform the risk management community, with particular reference to members in the insurance industry, of developments in Solvency II which have an impact on the risk management community in terms of the potential impact on risk management frameworks and also on the function, role and responsibilities of the risk management function.

 

It shall do this through:

 

1. Building best practice - to develop and/or share best/good practices on design, implementation and embedding of risk management framework / process/ techniques associated with Solvency II.

 

2. Encouraging networking - to ensure risk management professionals in insurance industry have a strong network of peers to interact and engage with

 

3. Seeking dialogue - building bridges with other professions/ professional bodies with an interest in Solvency II (eg actuaries, audit, accountancy) to ensure that risk management perspectives are broadly integrated into wider perspectives on Pillar II of Solvency II

 

In addition the SIG shall provide a voice for the risk management community to respond to the Solvency II process through responding to the consultations issued by CEIOPs (or others such as the ABI) on behalf of the IRM to ensure that the views of risk management professionals are taken into account in the consultation process.

 

Activity

Meetings three times per year - at each meeting there will be:

  • a presentation on a topic of relevance
  • discussion of current outstanding consultation papers and the IRM's  response to these

 

Articles for the Institute's magazine

 

Presentations at the Risk Forum

 

Drafting and circulating responses to the consultation papers

 

Recent Meetings

 

Date 12 July 2010
Time 9:30 am to 12:00 noon
Location IRM Office, 6th floor, 6 Lloyd's Ave, London, EC3N 3AX
Topic

Taking the stress out of stress testing

Agenda Download the agenda here
Speakers

Gurpreet Johal, Deloittes

Phil Whittingham, European Risk Manager XL Group + SIG Chairman

Downloads

Minutes

Taking the Stress Out of Stress Testing
Phil Whittingham, European Risk Manager
XL Group plc

IRM Special Interest GroupSolvency IIJuly Survey
Stress & Reverse Stress Testing

Stress Testing and Reverse Stress Testing (Deloitte)

 

Date 30 June 2010
Time 9:30 am to 12:00 noon
Location IRM Office, 6th floor, 6 Lloyd's Ave, London, EC3N 3AX
Topic

Risk Appetite - How to use the concept in practice in Solvency II world?

Speakers

Richard Anderson, Managing Director, Richard Anderson & Associates and IRM Director

Peter Johnson, Risk Manager, MDDUS

Nicola Crawford

Downloads

Minutes and survey results

Risk Appetite: How to use the concept in practice in Solvency II world

Risk Appetite: UK Corporate Governance Code

 

Date 21 May 2010
Time 9:30 am to 12:00 noon
Location IRM Office, 6th floor, 6 Lloyd's Ave, London, EC3N 3AX
Topic

Solvency II - talent identification, development and retention - a view from Search professional

 

Speakers

Emma Mcconachie, Talent 2

Carolyn Williams, Head of Thought Leadership, Institute of Risk Management

Loraine Silvester, Kinsey Allen International, Risk & Compliance (formerly GRS Risk)

Simon Crabb, Director, Lutine Bell Ltd     www.lutinebell.com

Downloads

Survey Results (Talent in a Solvency II World)

Minutes

 

Date

21 April 2010
Time 11 am to 12:00 noon
Location IRM Global Risk Management Professional Development Forum, Keele University
Topic

Can actuaries and risk professionals learn to love each other?

- What is the role of the risk function in overseeing the Internal Model>

- Should actuaries be risk prpfessionals?

- Should risk professionals be actuaries?

- Is there a new hybrid quant-literate risk professional developing?

Speakers

Martin Massey, Chartis

David Wong, PwC

Keith Bevan, KPMG

Downloads

Can Actuaries and Risk Professionals learn to love each other? 

(PowerPoint Presentation)

Solvency II SIG - Workshop 6 Minutes

(PDF)

 

Date 17 March 2010
Time 09:30 am to 12:00 noon
Location IRM Office, 6th floor, 6 Lloyd's Ave, London, EC3N 3AX
Topic Operational Risk Modelling - what is the point?
What is best practice?
Debate on utility of external databases and options?
Speakers Dan Wilkinson - Head of Risk, Compliance and Operations, Travelers
Daniel Butler - Head of Operational Risk, Aon Financial Services Group
Mariano Selvaggi - ORIC
Downloads

Aon - OpRisk modelling and external databases

Travelers - Operational Risk Modelling - What is the point?

Oric - presentation

IRM SIG Survey Findings Operational Risk

Minutes

 

Date 16 February 2010
Topic

What does an ORSA look like?
How would an ORSA process operate?
How to gauge the level of detail to include in an ORSA report? 
Setting the boundaries between Internal Model and ORSA?

Speakers

Jim Bichard, Partner, PwC

Roger Dix, CRO, Liverpool Victoria (LV)

Rick Lester, Partner, Deloittes

Michael Crawford, Associate Partner, Financial Risk Management, KPMG

Downloads

Survey findings

Minutes

 

Date 14 January 2010
Topic

Learning the Lessons of Basel II

What can the insurance industry learn from the implementation of Basel II in the banking industry?

Speakers Simon Baker - Quadrant Consulting (ex Basel II programme director, Lloyds TSB)
Laurie Mayers - Manager, Capital Planning Team, Prudential Risk Division, FSA
Scott Vincent - Director, Parker Fitzgerald (ex Macquarie bank)
Downloads

Lessons learned from Basel II - Laurie Mayers, FSA

Lessons from Basel II - Scott Vincent, Parker Fitzgerald

Survey findings

Minutes

 

Date 9 December 2009
Topic

Role of Risk Function, CRO skill set and project resourcing

What is the role of a risk function in a Solvency II world?
What are the skills sets, behaviours and competencies required of a CRO?
How are organisations resourcing the Solvency II programme?

Speakers

Gina Butterworth - Director & Risk Officer, Chaucer plc
James Illingworth, Chief Risk Officer, Amlin plc
Stephen Kelly - Risk & Capital Mgt Practice Leader, Grant Thornton

Downloads

Findings of Survey 2 - Role of risk function, skill set of CRO and resourcing of programme

Survey data

Minutes

Date 20 November 2009
Topic

Use Test and Value from Solvency II

What is the value to be derived from Solvency II?
How to define the benefits case and deliver these opportunities?
What does the Use Test look like in the context of delivering business benefits?

Speakers

Tim Edwards - Manager, Prudential Risk Division, Financial Services Authority

David Paul - Ernst & Young

Downloads

FSA Update - Tim Edwards, FSA

IMEG Use Test Consolidated slides

Findings of Survey 1 - Use Test and Value Drivers

Survey data

Minutes


Date 6 October 2009
Topic Initial meeting
Downloads

Minutes

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