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CRP is a breath of fresh air for insurance affordability
01 September 2025As Australians hammer down their roofs against high winds, the Cyclone Reinsurance Pool is gradually doing the same to their home premiums, as Christopher Wallace explains to David Walker
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Seadrif bridges worlds to close the Southeast Asian protection gap
08 July 2025To mobilise catastrophe insurance capacity in Southeast Asia, Seadrif's Benedikt Signer must first help insurers and governments understand each other's perspectives, he tells David Walker
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Australia's property insurance model caught off-guard by climate change
17 December 2024A series of unprecedented disasters has revealed serious flaws in how the non-life insurance sector operates, but critics are making suggestions on how to improve matters, as David Walker discovers
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RGA eyes global growth of funded re
16 December 2024RGA has been one of the prime movers in reinsuring the UK's pension risk transfer insurers. Izzy Bickford, director, business development, talks to Sarfraz Thind about the funded reinsurance business and how she sees it developing
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Buyer be where? Japanese insurers look beyond the horizon, for M&A deals
04 December 2024The rewards for Japan's insurers of overseas M&A include risk diversification, new customers and profit enhancement - but stakeholders tell David Walker that risks abound, as well
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Time to adopt ICS, conclude AM comparable
14 October 2024The deadline to adopt the Insurance Capital Standard is fast approaching and a crucial decision on comparability with the US Aggregation Method awaits. ACLI's Mariana Gomez-Vock argues it is time for supervisors to resolve their differences
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The future for funded reinsurance remains bright
08 October 2024Funded reinsurance has been the subject of increased regulatory scrutiny in the UK and US over the last 18 months, but experts believe it will remain part of insurers' risk and capital management toolkit. Ronan McCaughey writes
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TNFD blossoms in Japan as insurers begin nature reporting journey
05 June 2024Joshua Geer reports on how firms in Japan and beyond are approaching the task of disclosing nature-related risks and opportunities
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Happy 100th birthday! Yes, we can insure you
24 April 2024From covering the costs of finding lost dementia sufferers, to telematics for older drivers, Japan's insurers are at the forefront of serving an ageing population, as David Walker discovers
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Life reinsurers spy a goldmine in Asia
02 April 2024A $3trn market is waiting to be tapped and asset-intensive reinsurers are priming themselves to be there, as Sarfraz Thind reports