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NN Group: H1 drop in solvency ratio reflects market volatility

Life back-book consolidators shrug off threat from rising rates

Rising interest rates are unlikely to stop life insurers from selling their legacy liabilities to consolidators, as many other incentives for doing deals remain. David Walker reports

Hannover Re hit by major P&C losses in H1

The reinsurer said pandemic-related expenditure is falling as expected

Insurers reminded of climate change duty of care risk

Law firm Kennedys highlights the key trends in the climate litigation space

Insurtech funding cools off from 2021 euphoria

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

Marsh not acting for Adani's Carmichael coalmine

Insurance broker had been linked to contentious coalmine by its investors

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

Jan-Hendrik Erasmus joins Athora Netherlands