Archive

  • Lloyd's returns to profit for first half of 2018

    21 September 2018

    Improvement on some fronts after costly catastrophes in 2017, but investment return falls

  • Efrag puts IFRS 17 consultation on hold

    21 September 2018

    Parallel work at IASB blamed for delay

  • Is the price of patent insurance too high?

    20 September 2018

    Intellectual property and patents have become a cornerstone of the global economy, but the risks associated with these assets are rarely laid off to insurers. Tim Freestone continues his series of articles on insuring intangible risk with an investigation into the pricing of patent insurance

  • Property loss tech platform launched

    20 September 2018

    Willis Towers Watson allows multiple perils to be modelled in a single online system

  • Swiss Re assigns 30% likelihood of global trade war

    20 September 2018

    Marine and credit lines would be worst affected in trade war scenario

  • Insurtech deals on the up, but total funding drops

    20 September 2018

    Willis Towers Watson ascribes funding drop to fewer “high dollar” transactions

  • John Hancock embraces healthtech on all life products

    20 September 2018

    North American life insurer deepens partnership with Vitality to improve customer wellbeing

  • Activist ups pressure on Scor over Covea deal

    19 September 2018

    Scor still rejects approach by largest shareholder

  • Vaudoise bucks European trend and posts non-life profits

    19 September 2018

    Swiss group non-life premiums by 3.8% in the first half of the year

  • Four UK life insurers avoid customer fairness probe

    19 September 2018

    Financial Conduct Authority closes investigation without enforcement action