Archive

  • General insurers "too optimistic" in internal models, says UK regulator

    11 December 2023

    Prudential Regulation Authority announces findings from thematic review

  • IAIS warns of profit and solvency hits from climate and reduced demand

    06 December 2023

    Global insurance market report reveals sector's systemic risk scores declined year on year

  • MAS's Daniel Wang on Singapore's insurance challenge

    04 December 2023

    The head of the insurance department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) talks to Sarfraz Thind about tackling global risks and how the country is leveraging its climate expertise to shine on the world stage

  • Lloyd's voices concerns over non-open market PVT underwriters

    01 December 2023

    Chief of markets Patrick Tiernan said underwriters in non-open market channels would face heightened scrutiny

  • Only four days left until the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference in London!

    30 November 2023

    There are only four days left until the in-person event takes place in London on 4 December

  • Backtesting the Solvency II SCR: surprising findings and risk management implications

    22 November 2023

    Ralf Korn and Gerhard Stahl discuss their novel investigation into the quality of Solvency II capital models and reveal a simple but powerful method for challenging model complexity

  • Phoenix's chief sets out ways UK chancellor can accelerate net zero strategy

    22 November 2023

    Ahead of today's Autumn Statement, Andy Briggs highlighted the role of insurance capital

  • Petra Hielkema vows Eiopa role in monitoring green transition capital

    22 November 2023

    Eiopa's chair estimated freed up capital from Solvency II reforms will total €42.6bn

  • "Significant potential risks" in funded reinsurance require new rules, says PRA [UPDATED]

    16 November 2023

    UK's Prudential Regulation Authority consults on expectations around use of such contracts

  • Cyber risk's fundamental mischaracterisation as an insurance risk

    15 November 2023

    Tim Freestone and Malcolm McLelland argue for a radical overhaul of how cyber risk is quantified and priced. In the first of a two-part article, they explain the classification of cyber as a market risk and propose using modern financial theory to model it