Category Archives: Risk Management

CAPAS – International pension and insurance developments


Authors:  Servaas Houben Publisher, publication date: CAPAS, May 2021

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Rentegaranties in pensioenen en levensverzekeringen – Hoe zeker zijn ze?


Authors: Ronald Ketellapper, Servaas Houben Pdf: 1 feb 2018 Economenclub Publisher, publication date: AD, 2018-02 —————————————————————————————————————————— Om de rentegaranties in verzekerings producten te waarderen stellen de auteurs voor om scenario en stress testing te introduceren op Curacao.

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Pricing for Mortality – Solutions for Changing Environments


Authors: Servaas Houben Slides: Trends in mortality_v0.9 Publisher, publication date: CAA, 2016-12 —————————————————————————————————————————— Presentation on mortality trends in the Caribbean, mortality data collection and cleansing, preferable mortality table characteristics, and data fitting, and effects on pricing and risk management.

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Burden or Benefit


Authors: Dane Brodber, Servaas Houben slides: CAA2018 – Burden or Benefit – combined Publisher, publication date: CAA, 2018-11 —————————————————————————————————————————— Presentation on risk management for banking and insurance with the focus on providing benefits from a business perspective

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Risk Management for Guaranteed Life Bonds


Authors: Neil Dissanayake, Servaas Houben slides: 2012 09 Infoline Presentation_20120913 Publisher, publication date: Infoline, 2012-09 —————————————————————————————————————————— Presentation on: Interest rate hedging for different life insurance products Hedging process Regulatory and Capital Framework Hedging techniques EMIR & Central Clearing

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From Economic capital to ERM


Authors: Henny Verheugen, Servaas Houben slides: From economic capital to ERM final Publisher, publication date: Springschool, 2013-03 —————————————————————————————————————————— Presentation on the generation of scenario sets consisting of: Scenario creation process Risk identification Data selection Calibration Aggregation and diversification Validation And … Continue reading

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Stochastic scenario creation


Authors: Servaas Houben slides: Creating scenario sets 1 4 Publisher, publication date: Infoline, 2012-12 —————————————————————————————————————————— Presentation on the generation of scenario sets consisting of: Scenario creation process Risk identification Data selection Calibration Aggregation and diversification Validation

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Cost of capital method can still provide additional insight under IFRS 17


Authors: Jasper Hoogenstraaten, Servaas Houben link: http://theeuropeanactuary.org/downloads/TEA%2021-nov2019.pdf (pages 8-11) pdf: TEA 21-nov2019_CoC Publisher, publication date: The European Actuary, 2019-11 —————————————————————————————————————————— Executive summary In the previous TEA article on the IFRS 17 risk adjustment as part of the technical provisions we … Continue reading

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Manage your business, manage your risk adjustment


Authors: Jasper Hoogenstraaten, Servaas Houben link: http://theeuropeanactuary.org/downloads/TEA%2020-JULY2019.pdf (pages 14-16) pdf: TEA 20-JULY2019_RA Publisher, publication date: The European Actuary, 2019-06  —————————————————————————————————————————— Executive summary In the new IFRS17 accounting standard a margin is added to best estimate liabilities for non-financial risks, called … Continue reading

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Rekenrente: een zegen of een ramp?


Authors: Ronald Ketellapper, Servaas Houben link:http://www.vbcuracao.com/website/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=86&Itemid=57 pdf: Newsl.janCompl2018 (pages 14-19) Publisher, publication date: VBC Magazine, 2018-01  —————————————————————————————————————————— 1. Rente: de slagader binnen verzekeraar en pensioenfonds Equitable Life was Engelands oudste verzekeraar. In de jaren 70 en 80 waren de rentes … Continue reading

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