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Better data could liberate life underwriting for mental health conditions

Opportunities exist for improved risk assessment and dynamic underwriting, say actuaries

Hannover Re hit by major P&C losses in H1

The reinsurer said pandemic-related expenditure is falling as expected

Blockchain in insurance: surviving the wreckage

Blockchain technology has so far failed to revolutionise the insurance business, but it has found some niches where it seems to be enduring. Paul Walsh reports

Prominent blockchain projects "lacking purpose"

Hannover Re's Stefan Sperlich warned some ventures were needlessly incorporating the technology

Coal business resorts to "haphazard coalition" of insurers as giants retract

Financiers and governments at risk if they accept inexperienced underwriters, says Insure Our Future

Australian floods dominate Talanx's Q1 losses

Claims from European storms and Australian floods shatter Q1 large-loss budget

Hannover Re sets aside €143m for Ukraine war and ponders further measures

The group also exceeded its budgeted expenditure for major losses by over €50m

Inigo enters cat bond market for first time

Hannover Re rejects African oil pipeline

The German reinsurer follows Swiss Re, Axa, Zurich and Scor in boycotting the project

Hannover Re liberates insurtech platform