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Japan's slow road to sustainability
04 January 2024There is certainly a will to move towards sustainability in Japan. But with the country so reliant on fossil fuels for its energy, it could be a lengthy transition. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Regulating AI is becoming a minefield for insurers and watchdogs
29 December 2023Legislators and regulators are taking steps towards policing the use of artificial intelligence (AI), but insurers will face a variety of frameworks and the challenges are plentiful. Paul Walsh reports
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Chief risk officers battle an increasingly unruly risk landscape
27 December 2023CROs at the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference discussed how insurers can navigate today's complex risk landscape. Joshua Geer reports
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IMF takes a shot at private equity-backed insurers
21 December 2023Contagion, illiquidity risk and regulatory arbitrage... the International Monetary Fund has this week raised concerns over PE-owned insurance and advised regulators to talk more about the risks. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Vishal Desai: taking Mitsui Sumitomo's risk team to the Champions League
20 December 2023Vishal Desai already had a busy job as the chief risk officer (CRO) for MS Amlin in London when he got the call to help parent Mitsui Sumitomo at the head office in Tokyo. Since June, he has been giving his experience and advice to the Japanese insurer's risk team, he tells Sarfraz Thind
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COP28: what did it mean for insurers?
19 December 2023Insurance experts at COP28 offer their reflections on the Dubai climate summit. Joshua Geer reports
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ChatGPT, Schrödinger's Cat, and emerging risk practices
15 December 2023Ari Moskowitz, Everest Group's chief risk officer, considers if it's possible for risks to have emerged and still be considered emerging at the same time.
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Electric vehicles pose problems as insurers charge up for net zero
13 December 2023The shift towards EVs presents new risks for insurers, but also an opportunity as a means for reaching net-zero targets, as Joshua Geer reports
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CRO in focus: Hanna Kam
12 December 2023Antony Williams, director at Arthur, talks to Hanna Kam, the former group chief risk officer (CRO) at Hiscox and a qualified actuary with over 25 years' experience in the general insurance industry in Australia, the UK and Europe
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Eiopa's Fausto Parente: we are not creating reinsurance barriers
07 December 2023The executive director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) talks to Paul Walsh about the authority's approach to reinsurance supervision, lapse risk and concerns with current EU developments