Analysis

  • Insurers weigh COP30's mixed politics and rising urgency

    28 November 2025

    COP30 may not have delivered progress on key issues, but insurers speaking to Joshua Geer say a revealing story unfolded across the pavilion circuit, where concerns over insurability and transition credibility were sharpened

  • "Regulators should allow insurers to fail": Peter Giger's case against over-regulation

    26 November 2025

    Zurich's chief risk officer has a direct way of speaking and a simple message: markets need space to work, and companies should bear the outcomes of their choices. Martin Assmann reports

  • IAIS has its say on life re/insurance risks

    20 November 2025

    The tidal wave of reports into life re/insurance this year continues with a substantial work by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors. Sarfraz Thind reports on what this offers that others don't

  • UK insurers look in the mirror and ask: are we innovative?

    17 November 2025

    Industry executives at the Insurance Innovators Summit reflected on the sector's innovation, or lack thereof. Joshua Geer reports

  • Insurance emissions disclosure standards remain ambiguous on the must-do's

    12 November 2025

    ISSB's retreat and Europe's simplification drive leave insurers unclear where responsibility for Scope 3 truly lies. Joshua Geer reports

  • Butch Bacani: COP30 can spark guarded optimism, if society unites

    10 November 2025

    UNEP's head of insurance discusses expectations ahead of COP30, highlighting mounting insurability pressures, the need for cohesion - and where optimism may lie. Joshua Geer reports

  • Off to Belém: Why insurance is the linchpin for implementation at COP30

    07 November 2025

    This year's UN climate conference is the most important one yet for the insurance sector, argues Felicity Alvey

  • Asset-intensive reinsurers find a 'glass half-full' for AG 55

    05 November 2025

    The US asset adequacy testing rules coming into effect at the end of this year represent another layer of formalities for life re/insurers, but participants are emphasising the positives. Christopher Cundy reports

  • IR&C Bermuda: Where are the biggest opportunities for the island?

    03 November 2025

    Bermuda's history as a source of innovation and capital for the global insurance industry means it's in a prime position to take advantage of several new opportunities, according to speakers at InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk & Capital Bermuda conference

  • Climate and sustainability rising star of the year: Joseph Booton, Just Group

    31 October 2025

    This year's climate and sustainability rising star of the year - and part-time puppeteer - Joseph Booton, knows all about pulling the strings of Just Group's sustainability strategy, and his talent has ensured everyone at the UK life insurer has had a part to play