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Low Forever: Sustainable Pension Plans for the Next Generation? - Impact of Low Interest Rates on Pension Systems and Personal Finance

Profitable Sustainable Investments for the Insurance Industry - Green, Blue – Evolving New Opportunities and Risks

Insurance Regulation: Towards a Sustainable Solvency II Review? - Managing the Speed of Change

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the EU Insurance Sector - Economic, Business and Regulatory Consequences

A Fully Funded Insurance Solution in a Public Private Partnership, by Helmut Gründl and Fabian Regele in SAFE Policy Letter No. 86

A presentation by Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl at the Deutsche Bundesbank Workshop 'Climate Risks and Sustainable Finance'

The 18th ICIR Talk on Insurance and Regulation event addressed the topic of liquidity risk in insurance with insights about identification of liquidity needs and resources, management and optimisation of liquidity positions

In cooperation with the Goethe Business School (GBS), the ICIR of Goethe University was very pleased to welcome a delegation from Bangladesh for an 'Insurance Supervision and Regulation Training'. This Executive Education program provided space to exchange (global) perspectives on various insurance…

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl präsentiert im Rahmen des 11. Symposium des Hamburger Zentrums für Versicherungswissenschaft in Hamburg zu dem Thema "Alternatives Szenario – Steigende Zinsen und Liquiditäts­risiko in der Lebensversicherung"

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl nimmt Teil am Panel "Finanzstabilität: Geldpolitik nicht aus der Verantwortung entlassen!"

The Pan-European Personal Pension Product

Fabian Regele visits the University of South Carolina and the Department of Finance from October to December 2019

Artiketl in der Versicherungswirtschaft Heute

The 2019 Geneva Association Ernst Meyer Prize has been granted to Christian Kubitza of Goethe University (Frankfurt) for his thesis "Essays on Financial Stability and Insurance Markets"

Book Publication by Karel Van Hulle

Prof. Dr. Helmut Gründl attends the ESRB Insurance Expert Group Meeting regarding "Micro and Macro Interaction to Address Financial Stability Risks in the Insurance Sector"

Prof. Dr.Helmut Gründl attends the EIOPA Strategy Day 2019 in Bucharest, Romania on the topic "Micro and Macro Interaction to Address Financial Stability Risks in the Insurance Sector"

Dr. Christian Kubitza was awarded by the Förderkreis für die Versicherungslehre e.V. for his outstanding dissertation "Essays on Financial Stability and Insurance Markets" that he wrote at the Chair of Insurance and Regulation and the ICIR

Dr. Jan-Hendrik Weinert awarded for his excellent research work "Essays on Tontine Annuities"

ICIR warmly congratulates Arina Brutyan, a student of the Goethe University and alumna of the ICIR, on winning this year's 'DZ Bank Career Award 2019' with her master thesis "The Impact of Solvency II on the Capital Structure of European Insurers", supervised by the Chair of Insurance and…

"Insurance and Regulation in the Digital Age"

Peter Skjoedt, Director, Financial Stability and Regulation, The Geneva Association

Irina Gemmo, PhD student at the ICIR

Insurance and Regulation in the Digital Age

Irina Gemmo presenting her research "Understanding Consumer Behavior in Insurance Markets" at the EIOPA Workshop 'A behavioural economics perspective to the supervision of cross-selling practice'

Gründl, Helmut. "Some thoughts on recovery and resolution in insurance". Resolution in Europe: The Unresolved Questions, edited by Andreas Dombret and Patrick S. Kenadjian, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2019, pp. 75-84.

The ICIR Annual Report 2017/18 has been published

The ICIR successfully hosted the Frankfurt Insurance Research Workshop 2018 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…

Christian Kubitza presenting his research "Rising Interest Rates, Lapse Risk, and the Stability of Life Insurers" at the Bundesbank-CFS-ECB Workshop

Insurance Market and Regulatory Developments in the Western Balkan Countries

Christian Kubitza presents his research "The Pitfalls of Central Clearing in the Presence of Systemic Risk" at the ECB Workshop on Money Markets, Monetary Policy Implementation and Central Bank Balance Sheets

Irina Gemmo presents her research "Consumers' Privacy Concerns and Their Impact on Insurance Markets and Regulation" at the Swiss Risk and Insurance Forum 2018

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…

The ICIR Annual Report 2016/17 has been published

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.