Who's to blame for the US insurance crisis?
Is the growing US property insurance crisis caused by greedy insurers or sleepy regulators? Sarfraz Thind speaks to industry and consumer groups to get their perspectives
Climate alliances crumbled by anti-woke politics
The unravelling of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance owes a lot to right-wing US politics, where ESG and climate action is seen as a threat to business, as Sarfraz Thind discovers
APCIA hails passing of Florida property insurance bill
The bill creates a $1bn reinsurance fund for flood relief
Legal abuse and fraud, not natcats, threaten stability of US property insurers
North American re/insurers have warned of a catastrophe that could bankrupt the insurance industry - and it's nothing to do with hurricanes or earthquakes, as Josh Geer reports
Fighting fires in the US
Wildfires are raging once again and insurers are under pressure to maintain coverage in high-risk regions. But the industry can do more to help itself and society as David Sampson, president of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, explains to Sarfraz Thind
The UK's Solvency II reform proposals: reactions summarised
Actuaries, US insurers, environmental campaigners have joined the UK industry in responding to Solvency II reform proposals. Christopher Cundy and David Walker report
Insurers feeling hamstrung as protection gaps widen
Current global events and left-field risks are contributing to widening protection gaps and insurers may be restricted in their attempts to reduce them. Paul Walsh reports
US reiterates its opposition to ICS
IAIS meeting in Croatia starts today with international rule causing continued discord
The US climate split
The knives are out on what US insurers need reveal about their climate-related exposures. Sarfraz Thind reports
The golden state becomes too hot to handle
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