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COP26: a springboard for action, says the IAIS
28 October 2021Jonathan Dixon, secretary general of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, discusses with Sarfraz Thind the hopes for COP26 and how insurers may benefit from the global climate conference
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How insurers can regain climate leadership
25 October 2021Everyone needs to go beyond their comfort zones if the Paris Agreement goals are to be met. Peter Bosshard has four suggestions for insurers
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Rising expectations: how supervisors are acting on climate change
21 October 2021Anna Sweeney explains how global supervisors are collaborating in order to help insurers grasp the implications of climate change - and improve the sector's response to the risk
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Facilitating the transition
18 October 2021Don Forgeron, president of the Global Federation of Insurance Associations, discusses what role the insurance sector can play in global efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change
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UK annuity writers await crucial paper on IFRS 17 profit recognition
13 October 2021Cintia Cheong reports on how insurers and auditors are under pressure to reach a consensus on applying IFRS 17 to annuities - a decision that could seriously impact insurers' balance sheets
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Oil and gas: a soaring risk
11 October 2021After coal, the oil and gas sector is lining up to be the next focus of insurer divestment. But can US insurers really afford to chop this all-American sector from their businesses? Sarfraz Thind reports
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What's driving growth in nat cat losses?
06 October 2021Experts at the Insurance Risk & Capital Americas conference discussed trends in natural catastrophe loss exposures, model constraints and how insurers should address insurability of high-risk properties. Cintia Cheong reports
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Commission's Solvency II proposals "are not gifts" for insurers
04 October 2021Insurance Europe's Olav Jones tells Christopher Cundy about European insurers' hopes and fears on plans to reform the directive
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IRC Americas: Covering all bases and dealing with curveballs
01 October 2021What do chief risk officers (CROs) highlight as their biggest concern? It could be the sheer multitude of risks they have to face, as Ronan McCaughey reports from the Insurance Risk & Capital Americas conference
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Germany plots the transit from transitionals
29 September 2021Some life insurers rely on Solvency II's transitional measures to ensure their continued existence. But paradoxically, that does not mean they will fail without them, as David Walker explains
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