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ClimateWise refreshes principles as insurance sector plots net-zero transition
21 May 2024The 17-year-old climate change initiative is evolving in response to market developments. Programme director Sid Miller explains the changes to Christopher Cundy and why they matter
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The insurance implications of a US presidential election
17 May 2024Polarised politics, civil disorder and cyber-attacks are just some of the concerns insurance experts have raised about the build-up to the November election and its outcome. Paul Walsh reports
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Peter Bosshard's parting message to insurers: tell your grandkids you did the right thing
16 May 2024As he heads into retirement, the veteran campaigner talks to Joshua Geer about climate activism and how insurers are managing the low-carbon transition
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Solvency II risk margin reform liberates at least £13bn of capital for UK insurers
13 May 2024InsuranceERM analysis of top 20 insurers reveal companies with largest savings
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Cyber risk is systematically priced in the capital markets: evidence from the Target cyber-attack
09 May 2024In the second part of their article on quantifying and pricing cyber risk, Tim Freestone and Malcolm McLelland respond to reader queries and share further proof of their theory
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The emission cost of disasters: a new class of transition risks?
07 May 2024Post-disaster reconstruction comes at a heavy environmental cost - and there are questions over who is responsible for paying. But the risk is as much an opportunity for insurers, as Manuel Lonfat explains
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Full steam ahead for US bulk annuity market
02 May 2024The rapidly growing US market for pension liabilities offers great potential for life insurers. However, there are concerns that litigation and regulatory changes could derail the progress achieved. Ronan McCaughey explains
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Ascot's Steve Guijarro: when to stay old school, or go new school
30 April 2024Ascot's US chief risk officer and group head of exposure management Steve Guijarro talks to Paul Walsh about the fundamentals needed to address extreme weather, the "low hanging fruit" of AI and private equity's increasing influence on insurance
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Insurers get FIT after ditching the NZIA
25 April 2024From the ashes of the NZIA, a new Forum for Insurance Transition to Net Zero (FIT) has emerged, promising to lead the industry's climate agenda. FIT chair Butch Bacani talks to Joshua Geer about the forum's mission and objectives
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Happy 100th birthday! Yes, we can insure you
24 April 2024From covering the costs of finding lost dementia sufferers, to telematics for older drivers, Japan's insurers are at the forefront of serving an ageing population, as David Walker discovers
- Ageas to acquire Saga's insurance unit alongside long-term UK distribution deal
- Bermuda's hot life reinsurance market draws the crowds
- Time to adopt ICS, conclude AM comparable
- Climate Financial Risk Forum issues nature and scenario guidance for insurers
- Axa study reveals record levels of perceived vulnerability amid global polycrisis
- Solvency data reveals eight Italian life firms' lapses outweighed their premiums in 2023
- City of London Corporation launches insurance steering board
- Mortality rates for young adults remain high, CMI reports
- Hurricane Milton insured losses estimated at $30-50bn, says Fitch
- Singapore government spells out why it rejected Allianz and Income Insurance deal