Analysis

• Value creation analysis finds an "enormous gap" between best and worst insurers

  14 August 2020

  BCG's analysis of value creation by insurers has found a massive gap between companies, much more so than in other industries. And the challenges posed by Covid-19 are putting extra pressure on the worst performers to respond. Christopher Cundy reports

  

• Australia's life insurers in the emergency room

  12 August 2020

  David Walker reports on the suitability, reputational and distribution crises that are destroying the profitability of the country's life sector

  

• Equality in insurance: what actions beyond the words?

  10 August 2020

  The US insurance sector was quick to state its support for black lives after George Floyd's death resonated across communities worldwide. It has a questionable history of action on racial inequality, but are things about to change? Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Herd immunity to Covid-19 may be reached sooner than thought

  04 August 2020

  Dave Ingram shows how US rates of Covid-19 infection can flatten off surprising quickly under certain scenarios - and with far lower rates of infection overall

  

• The heat is on for climate risk modelling

  03 August 2020

  It is time for catastrophe risk model developers to go beyond a piecemeal approach to addressing climate change, argues Jayanta Guin

  

• Solvency II interest rate risk: a floor to cure the flaw

  31 July 2020

  Eiopa's stakeholder group has proposed an alternative solution to what it sees as a flawed proposal to reform the interest rate risk module. Christopher Cundy reports

• Covid-19's consequences for solvency, stress and scenario testing

  23 July 2020

  What lessons have been learned from the solvency risks created by the pandemic? Three experts discuss with Christopher Cundy the reactions from insurers and supervisors, and the implications for future regulation

  

• Pension superfunds "not a competing proposition", says L&G

  20 July 2020

  The pension risk transfer market and investment solutions put insurers in a strong position to manage defined-benefit pension liabilities, L&G's head of pricing and execution Pretty Sagoo tells Cintia Cheong

  

• Covid-19 BI litigation "will stop America's recovery before it starts"

  16 July 2020

  The APCIA has been at the forefront of fighting fires in the current crisis. Senior vice president Robert Gordon talks to Sarfraz Thind about the business interruption saga and why litigation is simply wrong

  

• Do insurers care about the Sustainable Development Goals?

  13 July 2020

  The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are meant to be the "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". So why aren't insurers taking an active role in pursuing them? Paul Walsh reports