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  • The golden state becomes too hot to handle

    24 January 2022

    Property catastrophe losses in California have soared, with the result that insurers increasingly don't want to underwrite there. Could this be the beginning of a withdrawal from cat perils in other US states? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • AIG appoints Graham Fulcher as international GI chief actuary

    20 December 2021

    Fulcher will join the insurer in a newly created role

  • People moves: HKIA, Brookfield Annuity Company, Munich Re, Zurich, AIG

    17 December 2021

    InsuranceERM rounds up the latest risk-related people moves in the insurance industry

  • Riding the inflation wave

    24 November 2021

    Inflation has been rising throughout 2021 driven by the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, surging energy prices and global supply chain disruption. Ronan McCaughey asks how insurers are dealing with the risk

  • Current cat losses are unprecedented for industry, says AIG's Zaffino

    08 November 2021

    Climate change has seen historic losses as industry grapples with new normal

  • US insurers still behind Europeans on climate scorecard

    03 November 2021

    Insure Our Future identifies major climate and fossil fuel laggards

  • AIG appoints CFO and chief actuary ahead of IPO

    26 October 2021

    Senior management reshuffled as prelude to life business flotation in 2022

  • Oil and gas: a soaring risk

    11 October 2021

    After coal, the oil and gas sector is lining up to be the next focus of insurer divestment. But can US insurers really afford to chop this all-American sector from their businesses? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • IRC Americas: ICS is not reasonable for long-term US market needs

    24 September 2021

    Global capital standard rounded on by participants for its broad-brush approach

  • IRC Americas: "There is a strong business case for diversity"

    23 September 2021

    Insurers say the sector should drive more diversity instead of being spurred by regulators