Insurance and Macroeconomic Outlook in Financial System Stresses
The global insurance industry faces multiple pressures this year but we expect rate hardening to regain momentum in response
Finance
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Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related with, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services. Finance activities take place in financial systems at various scopes, thus the field can be roughly divided into personal, corporate, and public finance.
Essentially, finance represents money management and the process of acquiring needed funds. Finance also encompasses the oversight, creation, and study of money, banking, credit, investments, assets, and liabilities that make up financial systems.
Finance Outlook: New Accounting Rules Put Insurers in the Spotlight
Responsible for managing insurer financials at public companies have spent five years preparing for the long-anticipated implementation of new accounting standards
Insurance Sustainable Finance: How Insurers Can Embed ESG into Finance?
Insurers have an opportunity to adopt business models that generate long-term value (LTV) for their customers, investors, employees and the wider community
Global Insurance Business Insolvencies Back Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2023
Global business insolvencies are expected to rise +10% in 2022 and +19% in 2023, a significant rebound after two years of decline
Technology & Regulation are Forcing Insurers to Transform Tax & Finance Operations
Pressures around data and technology, and increasingly complex regulation are forcing insurers to transform their tax and finance operations
How Can Insurance Companies Manage Foreign Exchange (FX) Risks?
Amongst the growing number of challenges facing insurers is the important – yet often overlooked – consideration of foreign exchange (FX) risk management
How Do Insurance Markets Respond to Inflation? Negative Effects of Inflation on the Insurance
The insurance industry is often described as “recession proof” but it’s definitely not inflation-proof. We’ll try to cover the what, why, and how of inflation
How International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 17 Will Reshape Insurance Accounting?
IFRS 17 requirements could result in accounting mismatches and volatilities in profit and loss—a direct consequence of the insurer’s reinsurance management strategy entered
Allianz Global Economic Outlook and Market Forecast
Global growth is entering a soft patch this year as uncertainty due to geopolitical risks remains high
3 Tips for Reinsurers to ride out the Inflation Cycle
Inflation a challenging environment for (re)insurers, which need to calculate how they should build elevated costs into their pricing models
Economic insights. Central banks step into a brave new world
Advanced economy central banks are finally closing the door on the ultra-low interest rate policies in place since the global financial crisis
