Archive

  • New EU financial services commissioner sets tone for insurance regulation

    07 November 2024

    Maria Luís Albuquerque has outlined her regulatory priorities and established her vision for stability, streamlined compliance and consumer-focused innovation. Joshua Geer reports

  • EU consumers need easy access to investment and protection

    06 November 2024

    Giancarlo Bosser urges European lawmakers involved in the Retail Investment Strategy to develop a more consumer-centric approach to the process of buying insurance-based products

  • A frontline perspective: the impact of war on Ukraine's insurance market

    28 October 2024

    Denis Yastreb explains how the Ukrainian insurance sector has responded in the face of Russia's invasion and continuing occupation

  • AI's potential to improve customer outcomes

    25 October 2024

    Artificial intelligence could be a powerful tool to help insurers serve customers better, but it needs better regulation and governance. Martin Assmann reports

  • Cayman Islands aiming to become the next reinsurance idyll

    21 October 2024

    Already one of the biggest captive and alternative asset venues in the world, the Cayman Islands is on a quest to make its serendipitous location a hub for reinsurers. The Deputy Premier and head of its reinsurance association spoke to Sarfraz Thind in New York about why they should be taken seriously

  • 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

  • The future for funded reinsurance remains bright

    08 October 2024

    Funded reinsurance has been the subject of increased regulatory scrutiny in the UK and US over the last 18 months, but experts believe it will remain part of insurers' risk and capital management toolkit. Ronan McCaughey writes

  • 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