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RVS 2024: Reinsurers arrive strong, but an uncertain world could test their limits
06 September 2024The annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) event begins this weekend in Monte Carlo and reinsurers sail in with robust financials - but there are uncertain waters on the horizon. Joshua Geer reports
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Europe's climate resilience hinges on insurance and public-private cooperation
03 September 2024The European Commission's Climate Resilience Dialogue has put insurance, and its greater cooperation with public authorities, at the heart of proposals to improve the bloc's resilience to climate change. Joshua Geer reports
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The heat is on for US asset-intensive reinsurance regulations
29 August 2024At its summer meeting, the NAIC put forward proposals for tightening up the supervision of life reinsurance transactions. It could either spoil or secure what is now a very lucrative market. Sarfraz Thind reports
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LGRA's CEO talks up the three trillion PRT opportunity
26 August 2024George Palms has built Legal and General Retirement America's US PRT business from scratch. But he sees much more opportunity for growth, he tells Sarfraz Thind
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Canadian market faces a transitional period
22 August 2024The Canadian insurance market is currently shifting from a hard to a soft market and faces emerging challenges, Houssam Yehya, head of international at GBN Risk Solutions, a managing general agent (MGA) in Canada, speaks to Joshua Geer
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What world leaders need to know about the insurance sector
19 August 2024Major protection gaps are opening up in natural catastrophes, pensions, cyber and health. Closing them is possible, but only if the appropriate regulations are in place, argues Susan K. Neely
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Inflation as a major climate-related risk
15 August 2024It's becoming clear that climate change will influence the rate of inflation, but how can insurers model the potential impacts? Consultants at Milliman explain how a causal modelling approach can help
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Actuaries face up to programming language dilemma
13 August 2024In addition to learning traditional skills, the modern-day actuary must get to grips with which programming language is best suited to their tasks. The development of artificial intelligence is complicating matters further, as Paul Walsh reports
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Re/insurers consider a different outcome from cancer
08 August 2024Once a probable death knell, a cancer diagnosis is increasingly becoming a chronic disease, thanks to advances in testing and treatment. This has significant implications for life and health re/insurers, as David Walker reports
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Insurers' 2023 sustainability reports: disclosures become richer
06 August 2024The latest round of reporting contains more detail than ever around insurers' sustainability strategies, risk management approaches and metrics. Joshua Geer compares and contrasts the results of 10 leading firms
- Inflation as a major climate-related risk
- Some Bermudian life re/insurers found to have liquidity shortages
- M&G cites mismatches on IFRS 17 application in H1 IFRS losses
- FRC says UK's IFRS 17 disclosures are "good" but could be improved
- Moody's acquires casualty and liability modelling firm Praedicat
- Fitch revises global reinsurance outlook to neutral as profitability improvements moderate
- Nat cat losses highly likely to hit $240bn annually within next decade
- Carbon accounting standard PCAF expands membership, addresses treaty reinsurance
- Global reinsurers face uncertain future, S&P warns
- Europe's climate resilience hinges on insurance and public-private cooperation