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  • Finding a consensus on IFRS 17 leverage ratios

    23 January 2023

    Some signs of agreement on how financial leverage will be presented under the new insurance contracts accounting standard are emerging, but options remain open, as Christopher Cundy reports

  • Direct Line shares fall 25% as inflation and weather claims bite

    11 January 2023

    UK home and motor insurer cancels dividend for 2022

  • Insurers in Switzerland face mandatory climate reporting

    28 November 2022

    Mandatory climate reporting for insurers will begin in 2025

  • Moody's warns of significant deterioration in life firms' equity

    22 November 2022

    Increasing interest rates will lead to profound changes in insurers' financials, Moody's said

  • Direct Line sees motor claims inflation running at 10%

    08 November 2022

    UK court delays are slowing release of prior-year reserves

  • UK insurers survive sovereign outlook cull

    25 October 2022

    But further UK woes could see Aviva, Axa, L&G and M&G ratings downgraded, says Moody's

  • The UK gilts crisis: a worry, not a disaster, for insurers

    30 September 2022

    Plunging sterling and soaring gilt yields are buffeting insurers, but longer-term impacts of the government's disastrous "mini budget" are the real concerns, as Sarfraz Thind reports

  • InsuranceERM's Technology Guide 2022-23 goes live

    13 September 2022

    The guide lists over 110 risk, capital and modelling technology tools from 50 international vendors

  • Climate and inflation threats spark response from technology vendors

    12 September 2022

    Risk modelling and management teams are being pushed to improve how they deal with climate and inflation risk - and software vendors are responding, as Ronan McCaughey explains

  • Moody's launches ESG risk tool for P&C insurers

    07 September 2022

    The scorecard uses 158 data points for insurers to measure their ESG strengths and weaknesses