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  • Divergent views and rising rates cool progress on EU's Solvency II reforms

    16 June 2023

    One year has passed since the European Parliament's Econ committee issued its draft text on the Solvency II reforms. Joshua Geer and Christopher Cundy investigate why the agenda has not progressed - and when a breakthrough might occur

  • Retail investor strategy and insurance: watch what's flying under the radar

    12 June 2023

    The European Commission's proposals to reform retail investment rules have implications for insurers - and some of the most important consequences are not obvious, as Carlos Montalvo explains

  • Insurers' TCFD reporting: differences, similarities and highlights

    08 June 2023

    Now that many insurers have released their Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure reporting for the year, Joshua Geer compares the results and picks out highlights across the four pillars of the framework

  • Inga Beale: product innovation is not achieved by adding exclusions

    07 June 2023

    The former Lloyd's chief talks to David Walker about her frustrations with the insurance sector and why firms must be more diverse, use technology and think more creatively, in order to better serve their customers

  • Prudential Financial's CRO discusses interest rates, AI and climate risk

    02 June 2023

    Meyrick Douglas has contended with banking stress in the US, rising interest rates, edgy markets and ChatGPT since becoming Prudential Financial's chief risk officer in November 2022. He sits down with Ronan McCaughey to discuss. Additional reporting by Paul Walsh

  • Phoenix's Leah Ramoutar: Why we should address nature and climate risk together

    30 May 2023

    A nature risk reporting framework to match the TCFD is being launched this year. Phoenix's head of climate and nature risk, Leah Ramoutar, tells Joshua Geer why insurers should consider climate and nature risk in tandem

  • Moody's RMS opens the door to open-source cat modelling

    25 May 2023

    The leading catastrophe modelling firm has taken a major step in allowing its users access to third-party models, based on open-source standards, alongside its proprietary offerings. But its embrace of the open-source world is limited, as Christopher Cundy reports

  • IFRS 17: simplifying accounting for multi-year reinsurance contracts

    22 May 2023

    There are circumstances in which the Premium Allocation Approach can be used for multi-year reinsurance contracts, as Milena Lacheta explains

  • "Exciting and scary": the insurance regulator's view on AI

    18 May 2023

    What does the proliferation of AI technology mean for a cautious industry like insurance? And how can regulators police this potentially limitless technology? The chair of the NAIC's innovation group, Kathleen Birrane, talks about the challenge with Sarfraz Thind

  • Inflation risk: not going away, still uncertain

    15 May 2023

    The UK might have passed its peak inflation rate, but that doesn't mean inflation is a historic risk, as Ronan McCaughey reports from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' Spring conference