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Covid-19 and technology challenge the three lines model
27 May 2021The "three lines of defence" model has pervaded insurers' approach to risk management, but how is it standing up to a rapidly changing environment? Cintia Cheong talks to the authors of a major CRO Forum report, and other experts, to find out
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Grey swan risks to put insurers in a flap
17 May 2021Climate 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
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Mosaic: building it piece by piece
10 May 2021Mitch Blaser has spent a half century in the Bermudian insurance industry. Now he has returned with Mosaic, a specialty insurer that may just sate his appetite for new ventures. He talks to Sarfraz Thind about what brought him back
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The BMA's environmental evolution
05 May 2021Bermuda has embarked on a plan to make the territory a hub for insurance climate work. The island's insurance regulator, Gerald Gakundi, discusses its role in tackling the climate risk conundrum with Sarfraz Thind
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Can governments make a smooth exit from trade credit markets?
29 April 2021Credit and suretyship insurers received significant public support during the pandemic, but participants are now questioning how much longer it should continue, as ICISA chief Richard Wulff explains to David Walker
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How to make a SiriusPoint
26 April 2021Third Point Re's merger with Sirius has created a big new Bermudian reinsurer. The former hedge fund reinsurer's chiefs talks to Sarfraz Thind about abandoning its volatile old ways and creating a more balanced life
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Bermuda's finance minister: insurance business helped us survive Covid-19
16 April 2021Minister of Finance Curtis Dickinson sat down with Sarfraz Thind to give his views on the state of the island's re/insurance business, the continued dangers of the pandemic and what the government is doing to foster growth
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Conduit Re: starting up in shutdown
01 April 2021Bermuda's fledgling reinsurer, Conduit Re, raised a staggering $1bn in the midst of the pandemic and has readied itself to enter the market this year. Sarfraz Thind speaks to CRO Andrew Smith about how a slick little insurer got off the ground
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More open-minded recruitment could foster diversity in insurance
11 March 2021Aurore Lecanon from Prudential International Assurance, and chief risk officer (CRO) of the year in InsuranceERM's 2021 awards, tells Ronan McCaughey how more progressive thinking could open up the insurance sector to new talent
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Argo Group: Lessons in effective corporate social responsibility
11 March 2021Argo Group won corporate social responsibility initiative of the year in the InsuranceERM UK & Europe 2021 awards. Alex Hindson, chief risk and sustainability officer at the Bermudian insurer, tells Ronan McCaughey about the benefits of CSR