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Optimism for large insurers' ability to meet LDTI deadline
24 February 2021US accounting standard less onerous than IFRS 17, says SOA fellow as questions on adoption grow
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Flu mortality "zero" this winter, says Reinsurance Group of America CRO
10 February 2021Insurer reports incredible flu data and issues positive guidance on Covid-19 for 2021
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Insurance protection gaps: getting over the blame game
09 February 2021Politicians and civil society tend to blame insurers for widening protection gaps. But insurers say governments and regulators must share responsibility. So what can be done to solve what all regard as a growing problem? Christopher Cundy reports from Eiopa's 10th anniversary conference
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UK motor policyholders are due a £35 Covid-19 windfall, says consumer group
08 February 2021The Association of British Insurers stressed motorists were benefiting from a competitive motor insurance market
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CROs pinpoint climate change as key issue for 2021
13 January 2021InsuranceERM's year-end poll of risk management experts found widespread agreement that climate change would be a key risk and opportunity for the insurance sector in 2021. Paul Walsh reports
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ICS capital calculations: onerous, uncertain, but growing in relevance
14 December 2020The global Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) requires yet more modelling work for insurers and some of its rules for calculating capital are vague. It's currently a low priority for insurers and investors, but UK firms in particular should watch closely. Christopher Cundy reports
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Experts pinpoint imagination as key to managing board expectations
08 December 2020Collaboration and critical thinking are highlighted at InsuranceERM's EMEA conference
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Australia's life insurers in the emergency room
12 August 2020David Walker reports on the suitability, reputational and distribution crises that are destroying the profitability of the country's life sector
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Europe's insurers reveal unusual stress-tests in SFCRs
21 July 2020Cure for disease and persistent soft markets among scenarios modelled in 2019
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IAIS reports 48 insurers as "internationally active" groups
01 July 2020IAIGs will be supervised according to ComFrame rules