07 August 2025

The end of cyber risk

Analysis

05 August 2025

Rewriting the script on actuarial process automation

Process automation promises to eliminate the dull and repetitive tasks actuaries typically undertake. The reality sometimes falls short, but AI technology could be a game changer. Christopher Cundy reports
31 July 2025

Actuarial operations adapt to the evolving risk landscape

As actuarial operations become more automated, employ AI and rely on cloud infrastructure, firms are grappling with the implications. Martin Assmann reports
29 July 2025

Germany engulfed by natcat insurability debate

The coalition government has pledged to make flood coverage mandatory for residential properties, but industry experts are concerned about the practicalities of the declaration. David Walker and Martin Assmann report
24 July 2025

The future for actuarial careers in the AI era

Technological advances and opportunities from AI will mean the actuary of the future doing less number-crunching, more coding and communicating the implications of AI models with clarity. Ronan McCaughey explains
22 July 2025

Politics pours poison on cooperative climate action

As more insurers pull out of global climate alliances, Sarfraz Thind and Joshua Geer investigate the reasons behind the withdrawals and assess the future for industry collaboration
17 July 2025

Europe's mass lapse reinsurance market: finally, a level playing field?

The publication of Eiopa's final guidance on mass lapse reinsurance structures should bring clarity and consistency to the market. But some uncertainties remain, as Luca Tres explains
17 July 2025

The shifting landscape of AI modelling rules

The increasing complexity of regulations on artificial intelligence are impacting how actuaries approach the use of AI in their models. Ronan McCaughey explains

News

  • Global protection gap is lower than it has ever been, WEF says

    11 August 2025

  • Insurers target cost-reduction goals, but face challenges

    11 August 2025

  • More to non-life performance than premium rates, QBE tells analysts

    11 August 2025

  • PIC drives synergies with Rolls-Royce in £4.3bn bulk annuity deal

    11 August 2025

  • Almost half of insurers do not license catastrophe models, says Aon

    08 August 2025

  • VIG enters talks to acquire majority stake in Nürnberger

    08 August 2025

  • Munich Re posts €3.2bn H1 profit, says "there is no soft market"

    08 August 2025

  • NN eyes growth of Japan life business following H1 new business surge

    08 August 2025

  • Allianz posts record half-year profit of $10bn

    07 August 2025

  • Eiopa offers clarity on AI governance and risk management in insurance

    07 August 2025

  • FCA reviews insurers' response to sustainability reporting rules

    07 August 2025

  • Deadline for InsuranceERM 2025-26 tech guide product listings closes tomorrow

    07 August 2025

  • Insured natcat losses reach $80bn in H1 and could top $150bn in 2025

    06 August 2025

  • Hiscox reports retail growth and favourable LA wildfire claims

    06 August 2025

  • L&G eyes up £42bn of UK PRT deals over next 12 months

    06 August 2025

  • Apollo's CEO voices excitement over Athora-PIC deal

    06 August 2025

  • Australia's cyclone reinsurance pool wins plaudits from property cedants

    06 August 2025

  • BaFin flags sales failings for net insurance-based investment products

    05 August 2025

  • Lemonade shares soar 30% on positive Q2 results

    05 August 2025

  • Ransomware attack forces German mobile phone insurer into insolvency

    05 August 2025

  • California endorses Moody's, KCC and Verisk wildfire models to boost coverage

    05 August 2025

  • Eiopa reviews funding model amid expanding mandate and tight deadlines

    04 August 2025

  • Santander and PG3 to take stakes in life consolidator Viridium - UPDATED

    04 August 2025

  • Funded re counterparties discuss legal structures and collateral calculations

    04 August 2025

  • Ascot and Antares Capital launch casualty-focused reinsurance sidecar

    01 August 2025

  • Axa to acquire Italian motor MGA Prima for €1bn

    01 August 2025

  • Volatility and uncertainty stymie US PRT market, says Prudential Financial CEO

    01 August 2025

  • Make the IRRD rules more proportionate for insurers, argues the GDV

    01 August 2025

  • Insurance market for hydrogen set to top $3bn by 2030, says Allianz Commercial

    31 July 2025

  • London market insurers see improvement in FCA and PRA performance

    31 July 2025

  • Brookfield agrees £2.4bn Just Group acquisition

    31 July 2025

  • Resolution Life seals flow reinsurance deal with Nippon Life unit

    31 July 2025

Special Reports

Climate Risk & Sustainability Special Report 2025

InsuranceERM's Climate Risk & Sustainability special report, in collaboration with SS&C Algorithmics, examines how insurers are adapting to growing demands to manage the financial risks associated with climate change and sustainability.

Actuarial Modelling Special Report 2025

Examining trends in actuarial modelling systems and processes that are improving the performance and efficiency of actuarial tasks.

Market Insights

The evolving role of derivatives in insurance: from risk transfer to capital efficiency

Mila Kuznetsov, global head of derivatives business development at S&P Global Market Intelligence, and Enrico Piccin, director, derivatives business development at S&P Global Market Intelligence, explain the evolving role of derivatives in insurance.

Psicle's machine learning tool keeps actuaries in control

Machine learning (ML) has generated a buzz in actuarial modelling, but adoption in areas like reserving has lagged. Dynamo Analytics' Psicle platform changes this, as Stephan Marais, Head of R&D at Dynamo Analytics, explains

InsuranceERM Podcasts

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  • Lemonade shares soar 30% on positive Q2 results

  • California endorses Moody's, KCC and Verisk wildfire models to boost coverage

  • US annuity sales hit new record $223bn in H1 2025

  • Japan Post confirms $2bn investment in Global Atlantic vehicle

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Analysis

More analysis
07 August 2025

The end of cyber risk

Tim Freestone argues the case for a cyber risk exchange that will enable organisations to transfer the systemic and systematic cyber risks that traditional cyber insurance cannot deal with
05 August 2025

Rewriting the script on actuarial process automation

Process automation promises to eliminate the dull and repetitive tasks actuaries typically undertake. The reality sometimes falls short, but AI technology could be a game changer. Christopher Cundy reports
31 July 2025

Actuarial operations adapt to the evolving risk landscape

As actuarial operations become more automated, employ AI and rely on cloud infrastructure, firms are grappling with the implications. Martin Assmann reports
29 July 2025

Germany engulfed by natcat insurability debate

The coalition government has pledged to make flood coverage mandatory for residential properties, but industry experts are concerned about the practicalities of the declaration. David Walker and Martin Assmann report

People

  • Actuarial operations adapt to the evolving risk landscape

  • Gabriel Bernardino takes helm at Portuguese insurance and pensions regulator

  • The future for actuarial careers in the AI era

  • AIG recruits John Neal as president

  • Flood Re's CRO Dan Byrne rises to chief commercial officer

Software/IT

  • Deadline for InsuranceERM 2025-26 tech guide product listings closes tomorrow

  • Ransomware attack forces German mobile phone insurer into insolvency

  • California endorses Moody's, KCC and Verisk wildfire models to boost coverage

  • Rewriting the script on actuarial process automation

  • Allianz Life suffers cyber breach affecting majority of US clients

Risk

  • Global protection gap is lower than it has ever been, WEF says

  • Insurers target cost-reduction goals, but face challenges

  • PIC drives synergies with Rolls-Royce in £4.3bn bulk annuity deal

  • Almost half of insurers do not license catastrophe models, says Aon

  • VIG enters talks to acquire majority stake in Nürnberger