Archive

  • Lloyd's mulls removing lower-materiality risks from internal models, moving to partial models instead

    13 January 2026

    Shift could lead to "material time and cost savings"

  • No cat-astrophe for UK pet insurers after CMA vet market review

    22 October 2025

    LCP expert explains why pet insurers can expect market stability

  • Pet insurers warned that Solvency II capital management has become a dog's dinner

    09 September 2025

    LCP's Catherine Drummond highlights national differences in choice of underwriting taxonomy

  • The future for actuarial careers in the AI era

    24 July 2025

    Technological advances and opportunities from AI will mean the actuary of the future doing less number-crunching, more coding and communicating the implications of AI models with clarity. Ronan McCaughey explains

  • Embrace curveballs in geopolitical risk modelling, insurers urged

    25 June 2025

    LCP partner Catherine Drummond says models must be nimble as global tensions rise

  • Catherine Drummond: CROs are working more closely with boards

    05 January 2025

    LCP partner Catherine Drummond observes how CROs increasingly became strategic partners in 2024, but have work to do on climate risk and embracing technology

  • "Plainly sexist" remarks about Aviva CEO reveal progress to be made

    10 May 2022

    Amanda Blanc was told at Aviva's AGM yesterday she is "not the man for the job"

  • Grey swan risks to put insurers in a flap

    17 May 2021

    Climate change, a massive cyber-attack and geopolitical instability are just some of the grey swan risks worrying insurers. CROs tell Ronan McCaughey how they are preparing for these threats, should the worst happen

  • Catherine Drummond: black swans are more common than people think

    03 March 2021

    Catherine Drummond, InsuranceERM's young actuarial and risk professional of the year, explains to Paul Walsh what is needed to succeed in a risk role, how the function has evolved and her push for diversity and inclusion within the industry

  • Insurers make 'short work' of SFCR internal model disclosures

    27 February 2018

    David Walker compares how firms describe internal models in their solvency and financial condition reports and considers how the practice may evolve