Responding to new market dynamics

Your industry faces increasingly complex regulatory issues — issues that challenge the way you manage your risk, operations and financial reporting.

Insurance companies come to Ernst & Young because they value our approach to meeting their assurance, tax, transaction and advisory needs. We don’t just know the issues, we’ve analyzed what’s behind them to understand the impact they have on you — and the way you do business.

The Global Insurance Center makes this possible by bringing together people and ideas from across the world, to help your business address the issues of today — and tomorrow. We can help you manage risks and make the most of opportunities in emerging markets.

Our network of professionals provides broad experience to deliver seamless, consistent, high-quality services to insurers. So you can operate your business more effectively — and understand what’s ahead for your industry.

Request the summary of comment letters on IASB’s discussion paper

Prepared for some of the world’s most influential insurance industry associations and trade groups, our report summarizes the comment letters submitted to the IASB in response to its Discussion Paper, Preliminary Views on Insurance Contracts. Complete a brief request form for a summary view of the industry’s response.

Read the press release about our summary of the comment letters.

Key principles of Solvency II

As the industry looks ahead to an overhaul in European regulation, insurance companies continue to digest the groundbreaking revisions in the proposed directive issued by the European Commission. Read this report to better understand the drivers behind Solvency II (pdf, 1.2mb) and interpret the key principles of this future directive.

Strategic business risk: insurance 2008

What strategic challenges (pdf, 388kb) are likely to affect insurance companies in 2008? We analyze 10 of the most critical risks, including climate change, demographic risks, catastrophic events and emerging marks. We also look at risks currently ‘below the radar’ that may be topping risk tables in the years to come.

Access Solvency II resources

Solvency II’s emphasis on risk management, corporate governance and responsibility will reward those insurers that are managing their business well and will lead to greater international competitiveness for the global insurance industry. Learn more about how Ernst & Young can help you with the adoption of Solvency II requirements.

IFRS at the crossroads

What are the likely business implications if the IASB's recent discussion paper, "Preliminary Views on Insurance Contracts," becomes a standard? Read our analysis of the main issues (pdf, 285kb), and how some industry participants and regulators feel differently from the IASB.