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Geopolitical risk skyrockets to the top of the agenda

Rising geopolitical tensions have been firmly cemented on insurers' risk management radars, the InsuranceERM end-of-year survey revealed. Paul Walsh reports

Alex Duncan: Poor political leadership has affected the risk landscape

Alex Duncan, group chief risk officer at Just Group, reviews the key ERM developments of 2022 and his outlook for geopolitical risk in 2023

Insurers look to redefine their social purpose

Experts at the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference called on the sector to rediscover its purpose as social crises worsen. Paul Walsh reports

Gilts crash: a boon out of a crisis for insurers

Another day, another UK financial market crash. But while it has gone wrong for British politics and pension funds, the current crisis may actually benefit insurers in the long run. Ronan McCaughey and Sarfraz Thind report

Risk Officers' Sustainability Forum hosts panel on "ESG theory to practice"

Allianz books additional €1.9bn provision for Structured Alpha in Q1

Group estimates this will cover remaining costs linked to hedge funds

Just Group halves sensitivity to UK home prices in three years

Group aims to bring Partnership Life onto internal model

Third-party risk rules put supplier relationships in the spotlight

Ronan McCaughey investigates how the UK's regulatory requirements on third-party risk management - which come into effect on 31 March - are changing how insurers do business

Just Group closes the chapter on capital turnaround

Chief executive David Richardson says UK life insurer is now focused on growth

Annuity profits and RITC top concerns in UK's IFRS 17 endorsement

Despite overall support for adoption of IFRS 17, the UK Endorsement Board has received pushback from some stakeholders over a handful of issues. Cintia Cheong reports on the concerns