Archive

  • US RBC modernisation: what to expect from the capital rule review

    08 April 2025

    US regulators have initiated a reappraisal of the Risk-Based Capital rules and how future reforms should be made. Sarfraz Thind and Christopher Cundy report

  • GDV's Jörg Asmussen: "focus on growth and making Germany more competitive"

    26 March 2025

    Jörg Asmussen, chief executive officer and member of the executive board of the German Insurance Association (GDV), speaks with Martin Assmann about the industry's priorities for the new government and the future of European regulatory frameworks

  • Judging the impact of the UK regulators' competitiveness objective

    28 January 2025

    Are the UK's financial regulators fulfilling their secondary objective to encourage growth and international competitiveness? Eight months into a parliamentary inquiry, Joshua Geer rounds up the evidence so far

  • Strengthening the European industry's cyber resilience

    24 January 2025

    The introduction of the Digital Operational Resilience Act is a positive for Europe's insurers, but compliance remains a challenge. Florence Lustman explains

  • US insurability crisis casts a dark cloud on Europe

    21 January 2025

    Climate-driven losses in the US have led insurers to withdraw coverage. Could the same happen in Europe? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Eiopa's call for cross-border overhaul, and the path to a single EU supervisor

    30 December 2024

    Challenges with supervising cross-border insurance sales has prompted the EU's insurance authority to demand greater powers. But could bigger events in Brussels overtake them? Christopher Cundy and Martin Assmann report

  • UNEP FI's Butch Bacani: insurers raising presence at global climate talks

    19 December 2024

    The UN Environment Programme's insurance leader talks to Joshua Geer about the sector's participation at the nature and climate COPs, the development of FIT and plans for 2025

  • Navigating the repair challenges of electric cars

    12 December 2024

    The high cost of fixing electric vehicles is a problem for consumers, insurers and society - and manufacturers and repair shops must take action, argues Anja Käfer-Rohrbach

  • Breaking boundaries: a European approach to countering insurance fraud

    05 December 2024

    International cooperation is becoming vital in the fight against fraudsters, argues Per Norström

  • A comprehensive approach to fighting climate change

    20 November 2024

    With the COP29 meeting in progress, Nicolas Jeanmart describes a role for insurers in a united effort to tackle climate change