Archive

  • Extreme climate conditions reach new high, North American actuaries warn

    26 August 2020

    Heavy rainfall, sea level and extreme temperatures fuel the trend

  • Casualty Actuarial Society launches cyber risk exposures guide

    02 July 2020

    The guide is aimed at actuaries, insurance companies and those who price cyber risk

  • Worst-case scenario could see up to five million Covid-19 deaths in the US

    16 April 2020

    Society of Actuaries publishes Covid-19 mortality modelling survey

  • North American insurers "not well prepared" for negative rates

    24 March 2020

    Regulatory models also break down under negative rates, actuarial research finds

  • Climate change ranked as top emerging risk

    23 October 2019

    Cyber and technology ranked second and third in survey of emerging risks

  • InsureTech Connect: What happens in Vegas?

    15 October 2019

    Insurers piled into the Nevada desert last month to meet their technological future at the InsureTech Connect event. It all points to the inviolable certainty that insurtech is no longer just a buzzword. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Regulatory doubts holding back advanced modelling

    11 June 2019

    US regulators are ill-equipped to oversee predictive models and may be slowing the adoption of new technologies, says a study by the Society of Actuaries. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Top technology tools for actuaries

    23 April 2019

    The actuarial world may sometimes be perceived as a stolid profession, but the development and integration of new technologies means the sector is moving apace. A survey by the US Society of Actuaries highlights the key technology trends in the business. Sarfraz Thind explains

  • Technology risks leaving actuaries 'out of sync' with data scientists

    12 April 2019

    SOA survey in US unveils top actuarial technologies and trends

  • Climate change now top risk for insurers

    05 April 2019

    Financial volatility also re-enters top five emerging risks