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Africa Specialty Risks gets initial backing for Lloyd's syndicate

Eiopa's Fausto Parente: we are not creating reinsurance barriers

The executive director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) talks to Paul Walsh about the authority's approach to reinsurance supervision, lapse risk and concerns with current EU developments

MAS's Daniel Wang on Singapore's insurance challenge

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

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

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

Athene completes block reinsurance deal with FWD and Swiss Re

CRO Forum warns of critical infrastructure impact on re/insurance sector

Consequences of critical infrastructure disruption could prompt substantial claims

Australia no longer a good hedge for global reinsurers, says ICA CEO

Andrew Hall said the country is being "reassessed" by reinsurers

Swiss Re withdraws insurance from farms implicit in illegal deforestation

The reinsurer has been accused of insuring Brazilian farms found guilty of illegal deforestation

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

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

Cyber risk's fundamental mischaracterisation as an insurance risk

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