Archive

  • Aspen CEO to depart following Apollo takeover

    02 October 2018

    Chris O’Kane will step down from his position at the insurer after 16 years - with Brit Insurance CEO, Mark Cloutier, set to succeed him

  • Microinsurance offers a lesson in technology and agility

    22 May 2018

    Opportunities in emerging markets are flourishing, but traditional insurers cannot simply transpose their western business models. Aggelos Andreou finds the use of technology and a change in mindset are the keys to opening the doors

  • Aspen picks Dublin as EU base after Brexit

    16 May 2018

    Insurer awaits approval from Central Bank of Ireland

  • Reinsurers' pain laid bare in Willis Re's 2017 industry review

    23 April 2018

    Only four of 34 groups registered improved combined ratios

  • Insurers make 'short work' of SFCR internal model disclosures

    27 February 2018

    David Walker compares how firms describe internal models in their solvency and financial condition reports and considers how the practice may evolve

  • UK insurers pressed to join government's gender balance initiative

    15 February 2018

    Eight firms named and shamed by Treasury Committee chair

  • Regulators and reinsurers back insurtech accelerator

    29 November 2017

    Talk of insurtech growth has swept through the industry in recent times

  • Aspen appoints CRO

    25 May 2017

    Tim Aman succeeds Richard Thornton

  • The ongoing ordeal of Ogden

    11 April 2017

    The change to UK's damages discount rate came as a huge surprise to many insurers. But this is far from being a one-off shock. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Insurers still struggling with cyber risk management

    07 March 2017

    Last year's attack on DNS provider Dyn and a warning from the UK regulator on the aggregation of cyber risks have had a big influence on the way insurers are thinking about cyber risk modelling and management. Callum Tanner reports from the Advisen cyber risk conference in London