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IMF takes a shot at private equity-backed insurers
21 December 2023Contagion, illiquidity risk and regulatory arbitrage... the International Monetary Fund has this week raised concerns over PE-owned insurance and advised regulators to talk more about the risks. Sarfraz Thind reports
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MAS's Daniel Wang on Singapore's insurance challenge
04 December 2023The head of the insurance department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) talks to Sarfraz Thind about tackling global risks and how the country is leveraging its climate expertise to shine on the world stage
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UK's MA reforms: a fixation on attestation
24 October 2023What do the PRA's proposed requirements for attesting matching adjustment benefits mean for insurers, and will it stop them investing in wider assets? Christopher Cundy and Paul Walsh report
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Sharpening the aim on scope 3 emissions
03 October 2023Value chain data is a necessary but notoriously difficult part of insurers' greenhouse gas emissions reporting. Joshua Geer explains the current challenges and sources of hope on scope 3 emissions
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The sky's the limit for "extremely hectic" PRT market
10 July 2023Pension risk transfer (PRT) experts say markets in the UK, US and the Netherlands will continue to soar - but there are factors that may help or hinder growth, as Paul Walsh reports
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Petra Hielkema discusses sustainability in Solvency II, transition plans and greenwashing
29 June 2023The chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority sits down with Joshua Geer to share her views on how sustainability can be implemented in Solvency II, why she is not pushing for transition plans and the regulatory scope for greenwashing
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Mass policy surrenders remain a blight on Europe's life insurers
20 June 2023But reinsurers are stepping in to help manage lapse risk, and the EU's insurance chief is sanguine about the threat, as Christopher Cundy and Joshua Geer report
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Insurers' TCFD reporting: differences, similarities and highlights
08 June 2023Now that many insurers have released their Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure reporting for the year, Joshua Geer compares the results and picks out highlights across the four pillars of the framework
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Engagement processes help insurers tie the knot on net-zero
11 May 2023In order to meet their net-zero ambitions, insurers will need to bring clients and stakeholders along with them. Joshua Geer asks three heads of sustainability to explain how they are approaching engagement - and when to employ exclusions
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Insurance risk recruitment trends: salaries rise for sustainability experts
13 April 2023Risk and actuarial recruitment in the UK insurance sector boomed in 2022 and people with expertise in ESG, asset management and coding remain in high demand. Ronan McCaughey reports