Archive

  • Systemic risk warnings put Sifi regulation back in play

    27 May 2022

    Macro risks are piling up for insurers, prompting US regulators and lawmakers to suggest bringing back the "systemically important financial institution" designation. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Insurers go back to basics in biodiversity underwriting push

    17 May 2022

    The loss of biodiversity has been identified as one of the world's most severe risks, but insurers are only just beginning to get to grips with it. Paul Walsh reports

  • Sarah Williams cultivates new risk strategy at Guardian Life

    10 May 2022

    Sarah Williams found a new job and a new hobby during the pandemic. Now chief risk officer at Guardian Life - and a keen gardener - she is planning to make both flourish, as she explains to Ronan McCaughey

  • Insurers happy with UK's Solvency II plans, but capital savings remain uncertain

    28 April 2022

    The government has grabbed positive headlines with its proposals to reform Solvency II, but the industry is cautious about the how they will pan out. Cintia Cheong reports

  • Insurers begin long countdown to net zero

    21 April 2022

    Some of the world's biggest insurers have joined the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance. Thomas Cox examines the challenges facing the insurance group, and how it can help tackle climate risk

  • PIC's Giles Fairhead: traditional risks are colliding with global events

    19 April 2022

    Paul Walsh sits down with PIC's CRO Giles Fairhead to reflect on today's heightened risk environment, the post-pandemic work culture and two crucial regulatory reforms for the UK's pension insurers

  • Kick-off for Spain's life consolidation sector

    13 April 2022

    On the eve of MedVida's first acquisition of a legacy life book, chief financial officer Guy Horton speaks to David Walker about pioneering a market in Iberia

  • A new standard for liability risk data

    07 April 2022

    Open data standards for risk modelling are helping improve the efficiency and value of risk management in the insurance sector, Today, a new standard for liability risks is being launched, as Dickie Whitaker explains

  • InsuranceERM's Young risk professional of the year: Ivan Herboch

    04 April 2022

    Paul Walsh talks to Scor's deputy CRO for property and casualty about his work in scenario development and risk analysis, and what skills the next generation of risk managers need

  • Third-party risk rules put supplier relationships in the spotlight

    30 March 2022

    Ronan McCaughey investigates how the UK's regulatory requirements on third-party risk management - which come into effect on 31 March - are changing how insurers do business