The Solvency II Handbook

Rene Doff works as an Independent Trainer and Consultant at C-suite level since April 2014. He is an ERM and Solvency II specialist and has been a risk manager throughout his career. Previously, he served as Head of Risk and Controlling Department at Oranta, part of the Achmea insurance group. Before that, he worked amongst others as Risk manager at Achmea International. He started his career in banking, working for one of the leading European banks on Basel II and risk capital implementation. Moving on to insurance, he worked for Achmea, one of the larger European insurance companies based in the Netherlands. He was involved in risk management, Solvency II implementation and other financial matters. Rene set up and chaired the Dutch Solvency II working group and also worked for the European Insurance Federation. Rene earned his PhD in 2006 on risk management for insurers. He is a regular speaker on international conferences. Rene publishes regularly in academic and practitioners' journals and has written a number of books. Most of his books are considered standard works on risk management and receive very positive reviews by readers across the globe. This holds for his early works (2004) as well as the latest "Risk Management for Insurers" (2011). Rene provides regular ERM training programs in Asia as well as Europe. Rene also teaches Risk Management at the University of Amsterdam and has excellent teaching skills that are very much appreciated by his students in both Europe and Asia.

Part 1 - General Update 1. Update of Solvency II Olav Jones (Insurance Europe) 2. Internal models and Solvency II Paolo Cadoni and Christian Kerfriden (PRA/Bank of England) 3. Insurance liabilities under IFRS Phase II and Solvency II Francesco Nagari and Derek Haynes (Deloitte LLP) Part 2 - Pillar I Issues 4. Solvency II and mutual insurance companies Markku Miettinen, Annina Pietinalho and Lauri Saraste (Tapiola) 5. The journey towards an approved internal model Yannis Totos and Panagiotis Kouvalis (Interamerican P&C) 6. Managing model risk Tjeerd Degenaar (Delta Lloyd) 7. The road to solvency II for a life insurance company Arthur Hordijk (Nationale Nederlanden Life) 8. Solvency II and reinsurance Jurgen Wielandts (Aon Benfield) Part 3 - Pillar II Issues 9. ORSA: A forward-looking approach to risk and capital management Anton Seidel (Swiss Re) 10. Risk governance Jerome Berset (Zurich) 11. Operational risk and Solvency II Wim van de Kraats (Aegon) Part 4 - Pillar III Issues 12. Reporting challenges under Solvency II Tobias Buecheler and Reinhard Eckl (Allianz Group) 13. Reporting processes Gian Luca De Marchi (Unipol) 14. The audit of Solvency II information Gert-Jan Heuvelink and Albert Zoon (PwC) Part 5 - Other Matters 15. The holistic balance sheet: A different European approach for pension funds? Erwin Fransen and Niels Kortleve (PGGM) 16. Review of the capital adequacy framework in Singapore Lee Wai Yi (MAS Singapore) 17. Capital for operational risk: some fundamental flaws Rene Doff (University of Amsterdam) 18. Reputational risk: success is trust-dependent Rene Doff (University of Amsterdam) and Ina Catrinescu (RepliQ Consulting)