Analysis

• Bermuda's Premier hitting the diversity divide

  21 April 2023

  David Burt is on a drive to let the world know that Bermuda is more than just blue seas and pink sands. He speaks to Sarfraz Thind about international insurance and closing racial divides

  

• The implications of the net-zero transition for insurers

  19 April 2023

  As more insurers pledge to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, InsuranceERM gathered sustainability experts to discuss the risks and opportunities as firms develop their decarbonisation pathways. Paul Walsh reports

  

• Mental health underwriting steps out of the shadows

  17 April 2023

  The stigma of poor mental health has held back progress on developing appropriate insurance products, prompting underwriters to think hard about opening up the conversation and serving customers better. Paul Walsh reports

  

• Insurance risk recruitment trends: salaries rise for sustainability experts

  13 April 2023

  Risk and actuarial recruitment in the UK insurance sector boomed in 2022 and people with expertise in ESG, asset management and coding remain in high demand. Ronan McCaughey reports

  

• IFRS 17: where is the value, and was it worth it?

  06 April 2023

  The new insurance contracts accounting standard is costing billions to implement, but has it been worthwhile? Experts at InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 conference addressed this question, as Joshua Geer reports

  

• IFRS 17 preparers and auditors sprint for the finish line

  04 April 2023

  With both insurers and auditors still learning about the new insurance contracts accounting standard, tensions are running high as reporting deadlines near. Christopher Cundy reports

  

• CNP's Vincent Damas: the planet is a stakeholder in our business

  30 March 2023

  CNP Assurances has revolutionised its annual reporting, putting the focus on non-financial metrics. The French insurer's head of CSR, Vincent Damas, tells Joshua Geer why

  

• Shoring up Bermuda's life rulebook

  28 March 2023

  John Hele, Resolution Life's COO and vice-chair of Biltir, talks to Sarfraz Thind about the possible impacts from Bermuda's regulatory reform agenda and the increasing oversight of PE-backed and large international insurers

  

• Reviewing the initial IFRS 17 disclosures

  23 March 2023

  With less than two months until the first insurers begin reporting under the IFRS 17 accounting standard, Christopher Cundy talks to WTW's Kamran Foroughi about what picture is emerging

  

• Insurers caught up in the Swiss roil

  21 March 2023

  The fall of Credit Suisse, hot on the heels of SVB and Signature Bank, has sent insurers scrambling to assess the risks to their portfolios. While the hit seems manageable, Sarfraz Thind asks if there could be worse to come