Archive

  • EU consumers need easy access to investment and protection

    06 November 2024

    Giancarlo Bosser urges European lawmakers involved in the Retail Investment Strategy to develop a more consumer-centric approach to the process of buying insurance-based products

  • Generali expands oil and gas underwriting exclusions

    23 October 2024

    It is the first insurer in the world to exclude midstream and downstream activities.

  • French life insurers defend business volumes from lapse risk

    16 October 2024

    Six underwriters paid out more in lapses than their GWP in 2023

  • Solvency data reveals eight Italian life firms' lapses outweighed their premiums in 2023

    11 October 2024

    Sector's total lapses were worth 52% of its gross written premium

  • Generali and UNDP call for more efforts to scale parametric insurance solutions

    09 October 2024

    Joint report emphasises the need for parametric insurance to enhance financial resilience

  • Generali's premiums rise 20% in H1

    09 August 2024
  • Insurers' 2023 sustainability reports: disclosures become richer

    06 August 2024

    The latest round of reporting contains more detail than ever around insurers' sustainability strategies, risk management approaches and metrics. Joshua Geer compares and contrasts the results of 10 leading firms

  • Generali's Gerardo Di Filippo on embracing revolutionary change in risk management

    18 July 2024

    The group head of risk management process and operations at Generali discusses how the risk function is evolving in response to the climate, AI and geopolitical megatrends. Joshua Geer reports

  • Actuaries urge insurers to stay grounded on Gen AI dreams and nightmares

    09 July 2024

    Generative artificial intelligence might be 'just another tool', but it's one whose potential risks and opportunities demand close attention, as Joshua Geer reports from the European Congress of Actuaries

  • Ivass warns Italians about shortfalls in natcat policies

    24 June 2024

    Italian insurers' SFCRs spell out difficulties in assessing costly natcat risk