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S&P: Iran-Israel conflict unlikely to erupt into full-scale Middle East war

The rating agency says Emea insurers are not currently materially affected by the conflict, but risks remain

Post-pandemic landscape has escalated reserve risk, warns AM Best

The rating agency said Covid-19 had reset both insurance and economic ecosystems

Liberty Mutual "nearly" completes coal exclusion underwriting goals

The insurer fully adheres to coal policy for its investments

Italian life firms' SFCRs reveal rising policy lapse rates in 2023

Solvency filings discuss methods sector used to tackle the risk

Has IFRS 17 improved comparability and consistency? The jury is still out

After more than two decades' work on IFRS 17, the industry is still unsure if the accounting standard has made things better. Joshua Geer reports

Chaucer reshuffles CFO and CRO roles after Richard Milner arrival

Werner Joubert becomes CRO at the London-headquartered speciality re/insurer

Aspen and Pimco form casualty-focused re/insurance vehicle

US disinflation stalls, warns Swiss Re

But euro area disinflation continues, according to the reinsurer

SFCRs shine light on German legacy life books of Zurich and Axa

Groups have planned, with mixed success, to sell the back-books to consolidators

Hannover Re and Parametrix issue $13.75m cat bond for cloud outage risk

Cumulus Re protects the German reinsurer against cloud outage loss accumulation within its cyber reinsurance portfolio