Archive

  • Grey swan risks to put insurers in a flap

    17 May 2021

    Climate change, a massive cyber-attack and geopolitical instability are just some of the grey swan risks worrying insurers. CROs tell Ronan McCaughey how they are preparing for these threats, should the worst happen

  • Eiopa to study impact of management actions in 2021 stress test

    07 May 2021

    European authority asks 44 insurers to report consequences of "prolonged Covid" scenario

  • Justin Skinner switches from CRO to become VitalityLife's managing director

    30 April 2021

    Skinner had served as Vitality's group CRO for the past four years

  • Swiss Re is hit with $643m of Covid-19 losses in Q1

    30 April 2021

    But group returns to profit this quarter with strong performance from its P&C business

  • Pacific Life Re broadens out into funded reinsurance market

    28 April 2021

    The reinsurer's chief executive Dave Howell described the expansion as a natural next step

  • Prudential Financial and Zurich seal £6bn longevity swap

    28 April 2021

    The transaction is Prudential Financial's third largest UK longevity risk transfer deal so far

  • Australia's disability income insurers must innovate or die

    21 April 2021

    Disability income products with 120% claims ratio face "pretty bleak" fate, warns life firm CEO

  • Pacific Life Re recruits Richard Purcell from Hymans Robertson

    15 April 2021

    Purcell will help to manage and grow the reinsurer's UK and Irish protection market business

  • UK pension risk transfer demand could soar to £100bn

    09 April 2021

    LCP says insurers need to be prepared for the volumes of pension risk transfer business it expects later in this decade. Ronan McCaughey explains why there is such an upbeat outlook for the sector

  • Entry deadline for the InsuranceERM Americas Awards 2021 closes today!

    09 April 2021

    The awards feature 27 wide-ranging categories, so hurry and submit your entry