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Mental health underwriting steps out of the shadows
17 April 2023The stigma of poor mental health has held back progress on developing appropriate insurance products, prompting underwriters to think hard about opening up the conversation and serving customers better. Paul Walsh reports
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Insurance risk recruitment trends: salaries rise for sustainability experts
13 April 2023Risk and actuarial recruitment in the UK insurance sector boomed in 2022 and people with expertise in ESG, asset management and coding remain in high demand. Ronan McCaughey reports
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IFRS 17: where is the value, and was it worth it?
06 April 2023The new insurance contracts accounting standard is costing billions to implement, but has it been worthwhile? Experts at InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 conference addressed this question, as Joshua Geer reports
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IFRS 17 preparers and auditors sprint for the finish line
04 April 2023With both insurers and auditors still learning about the new insurance contracts accounting standard, tensions are running high as reporting deadlines near. Christopher Cundy reports
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CNP's Vincent Damas: the planet is a stakeholder in our business
30 March 2023CNP Assurances has revolutionised its annual reporting, putting the focus on non-financial metrics. The French insurer's head of CSR, Vincent Damas, tells Joshua Geer why
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Shoring up Bermuda's life rulebook
28 March 2023John Hele, Resolution Life's COO and vice-chair of Biltir, talks to Sarfraz Thind about the possible impacts from Bermuda's regulatory reform agenda and the increasing oversight of PE-backed and large international insurers
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Reviewing the initial IFRS 17 disclosures
23 March 2023With less than two months until the first insurers begin reporting under the IFRS 17 accounting standard, Christopher Cundy talks to WTW's Kamran Foroughi about what picture is emerging
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Insurers caught up in the Swiss roil
21 March 2023The fall of Credit Suisse, hot on the heels of SVB and Signature Bank, has sent insurers scrambling to assess the risks to their portfolios. While the hit seems manageable, Sarfraz Thind asks if there could be worse to come
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Litigation takes off to decide when "all is lost" for aircraft grounded in Russia
17 March 2023Insurers and clients are commencing major courtroom battles over policy coverage and phrasing after aviation assets were trapped inside Russia. David Walker investigates
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Bermuda's time for IAIGs
14 March 2023Bermuda may soon identify its first internationally active insurance groups, according to the Bermuda Monetary Authority director of insurance supervision, Gerald Gakundi. Sarfraz Thind reports