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The Hartford becomes latest insurer to pull out of California

Fitch ratings change proposals will ease criteria for hybrid debt

Up to 28 hybrid instruments could see upgrade, agency says

Eiopa internal models study finds problems with premium risk modelling

EU watchdog compared how 75 insurers' models treat non-life underwriting risk

Eiopa adds natcat modelling, funded reinsurance and private equity to supervisory convergence plan

The authority reveals 2024 plan to standardise and improve insurance supervision in EU

Swiss Re acquires flood risk modelling firm Fathom

Reinsurer says deal will help address growing flood risks

Catastrophic cyber event is a "when, not if" scenario

Global political crises are stoking cyber threats for insurers, says US Treasury

S&P names 63 insurers impacted by new rating methodology

Agency finalises rating criteria change, with 10% of rated insurers under observation

NN Japan's CRO on his AI adventure

Herman Gayle has a particular passion for AI, which he has been pushing to develop since he joined the firm five years ago. Such is his enthusiasm that he even arranges his holidays with it. Sarfraz Thind reports

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

IAIS 2023: "I like insurance because it has the best data"

Keynote speaker Keiko Honda asks if insurers could sell their data to others