Archive

  • Catastrophe risk modelling: platforms and models update

    09 June 2020

    InsuranceERM's round-up of developments at model vendors and platform providers AIR Worldwide, Impact Forecasting, Oasis LMF, RMS, Guy Carpenter, WTW, JBA, Nasdaq, KCC, ARA, Combus, CoreLogic, ERN and Fathom

  • Engagement, knowledge and automation: the keys to sustainable underwriting

    04 June 2020

    Re/insurers shared tips on setting up frameworks for incorporating environmental, social and governance risks in underwriting at this week's UNEP PSI webinar. Cintia Cheong reports

  • Covid-19: The CRO's view - Part 2

    03 June 2020

    In part two of our report on the InsuranceERM Covid-19 discussion webinar, Allianz group chief risk officer Tom Wilson tells Paul Walsh his thoughts on the business interruption coverage disputes, the possibility of a 'Pandemic Re' initiative and the lessons the industry needs to learn.

  • How Covid-19 is changing the UK's prudential supervision

    01 June 2020

    At a recent webinar organised by the Association of British Insurers, experts discussed what Covid-19 and Brexit might mean for the future direction of UK prudential regulation. Cintia Cheong reports

  • Jaw or war? Confronting the pandemic business interruption question

    29 May 2020

    Winston Churchill famously said talking a problem through - "meeting jaw to jaw" - was better than warring it out. Around the world, some insurers are finding compromises to support holders of business interruption policies. Others are bracing for a fight, finds David Walker

  • Covid-19: The CRO's view

    27 May 2020

    In part one of a revealing two-part report from InsuranceERM's Covid-19 webinar series, Allianz Group chief risk officer (CRO) Tom Wilson tells Paul Walsh how the pandemic is impacting the insurer and the sector overall

  • Guiding Axa through Covid-19

    25 May 2020

    Axa's group chief risk officer Renaud Guidée discusses pandemic insurance pools and Covid-19 business interruption cover with Ronan McCaughey - and argues no other industry has gone so far as insurance to help customers during the crisis

  • Australia's insurers get grilled after the country burns

    21 May 2020

    A parliamentary committee took Australia's insurers to task after a torrid season of bushfires, Covid-19 and scathing criticism of their conduct and governance. David Walker reports

  • Conduct risk in an outcomes-based environment

    19 May 2020

    The UK's conduct regulator has signalled a new approach to overseeing the insurance industry - and with Brexit has the potential to make bolder moves. Paul Walsh reports from an Association of British Insurers event on the hopes and fears for future of conduct regulation

  • Insurers to rethink operational resilience post Covid-19

    14 May 2020

    Insurers' operational risk management already faced scrutiny before the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, experts from Crowe and Oric International expect operational resilience to become a priority for management. Ronan McCaughey reports