Archive

  • Time to adopt ICS, conclude AM comparable

    14 October 2024

    The deadline to adopt the Insurance Capital Standard is fast approaching and a crucial decision on comparability with the US Aggregation Method awaits. ACLI's Mariana Gomez-Vock argues it is time for supervisors to resolve their differences

  • Bermuda's hot life reinsurance market draws the crowds

    11 October 2024

    Last month's Biltir conference in Bermuda was busier than ever, with participants discussing everything from private equity's role, regulatory communication and Manchester United's fax machines. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Inclusivity, wellbeing and AI are shaping the insurance workforce of tomorrow

    27 September 2024

    At the Dive In Festival, industry leaders explored the evolving needs of the insurance workforce, tackling issues from hybrid working to neurodiversity. Joshua Geer reports

  • Solvency II: delivering on the agreed ambitions

    17 September 2024

    The review of the EU directive is a prime opportunity to unlock investment and increase competitiveness in Europe, says Angus Scorgie

  • Delivering value for money is about more than benchmarks

    09 September 2024

    European policymakers' initiatives on value-for-money metrics may end with consumers not getting the products that best meet their needs, argues Pablo Pernía Martin

  • The EU Taxonomy makes insurers look bad at sustainability - but is it fair?

    16 July 2024

    In their first year of reporting, several major insurers have disclosed that none of their activities qualify as sustainable. Joshua Geer investigates whether the insurers or the EU Taxonomy framework is at fault

  • As Europe's political wheels turn, insurers set out their demands

    11 July 2024

    With the EU entering a new legislative cycle, Joshua Geer hears from Insurance Europe's Olav Jones about the priorities for the insurance sector

  • Actuaries urge insurers to stay grounded on Gen AI dreams and nightmares

    09 July 2024

    Generative artificial intelligence might be 'just another tool', but it's one whose potential risks and opportunities demand close attention, as Joshua Geer reports from the European Congress of Actuaries

  • Suzanne Williams-Charles: Bermuda staying nimble is a key for growth in life business

    26 June 2024

    The CEO of the Bermuda International Long-Term Insurers and Reinsurers (Biltir) association talks to Paul Walsh about the island's fast-growing life sector and her ambitions for the role

  • ClimateWise refreshes principles as insurance sector plots net-zero transition

    21 May 2024

    The 17-year-old climate change initiative is evolving in response to market developments. Programme director Sid Miller explains the changes to Christopher Cundy and why they matter