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The golden state becomes too hot to handle
24 January 2022Property catastrophe losses in California have soared, with the result that insurers increasingly don't want to underwrite there. Could this be the beginning of a withdrawal from cat perils in other US states? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Aspen's ESG underwriting initiative looks to "turn a tanker"
21 January 2022Re/insurer Aspen has set ambitious ESG targets for its credit and political risk underwriting portfolio. Paul Walsh talks to the portfolio's head, Dan Osman, about the strategy
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Bullish outlook for UK's bulk annuity market in 2022
19 January 2022The UK's bulk market remains buoyant with growing insurer capacity. This year could also see mega transactions and potential shifts in market dynamics. Ronan McCaughey explains
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Legacy life books: targeted approaches to de-risking and optimisation
17 January 2022In the second of two articles, Luca Tres reviews how a targeted risk transfer strategy can help life insurers better manage their legacy books - and looks to the future of legacy life de-risking
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CROs share their top concerns for 2022
12 January 2022InsuranceERM's year-end poll of risk management experts found a myriad of risks on their radar for 2022 - with cyber security and inflation standing out as dominant themes. Ronan McCaughey reports
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Legacy life books: a proactive approach
10 January 2022In the first of two articles, Luca Tres discusses the strategies available to life insurers facing the challenges of high capital intensity and low profitability in their life legacy business
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InsuranceERM's top stories of the year
31 December 2021Christopher Cundy, Ronan McCaughey, Sarfraz Thind and Paul Walsh reveal the most-read stories that ran in 2021 and discuss why they will remain relevant in 2022
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Apac re/insurers welcome the alternative
29 December 2021Regulators in Asia have been busy creating frameworks for insurers to transfer risk to capital markets investors. Re/insurers are keen to tap this alternative source of capital, if the structures are right. David Walker reports
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Growing cyber threats challenge underwriters and CROs
24 December 2021Ronan McCaughey reports from the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference on how insurers are responding to the underwriting and operational risks posed by ransomware and other forms of cyber-attack
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2021 Atlantic hurricane season: "shorties", northeastern losses and rapid intensification
21 December 2021This year's Atlantic hurricane season may not have broken the records of its predecessor, but it was notable for the emergence of several worrying trends. Paul Walsh reports