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  • Funded Re under the regulatory microscope

    10 December 2024

    Piggybacking off a booming life insurance market, the funded reinsurance business has grown to span continents. But the market has also attracted the beady eyes of regulators. What are the implications of increased oversight for funded reinsurance? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Buyer be where? Japanese insurers look beyond the horizon, for M&A deals

    04 December 2024

    The rewards for Japan's insurers of overseas M&A include risk diversification, new customers and profit enhancement - but stakeholders tell David Walker that risks abound, as well

  • Risk teams under pressure as efficiency grip tightens

    26 November 2024

    A survey by consultancy Crowe UK has revealed how CROs are being asked to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness in their processes. Ronan McCaughey explains the implications

  • IR&C Bermuda: CRO tips on managing interconnected risks

    22 November 2024

    Insurers' risk functions should shift beyond traditional structures and siloed thinking - and embrace flexibility and creativity when dealing with interconnected threats, risk experts in Bermuda have advised. Ronan McCaughey reports

  • Eiopa's paper is a significant step forward for mass lapse reinsurance across Europe

    12 November 2024

    Last week's consultation paper from the EU's insurance authority will help drive the industry in the right direction, argues Luca Tres

  • Geopolitics remains the worry for insurers in 2024

    30 September 2024

    Of the many topics discussed at the Insurance Risk & Capital 2024 conference in New York, the risks associated with geopolitics and its implications for the sector were the most enthralling. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • CROs are booting up AI for risk management

    19 September 2024

    Chief risk officers at insurers in the UK, Europe and the US are hungry to deploy artificial intelligence for risk management and modelling. Ronan McCaughey explains

  • LGRA's CEO talks up the three trillion PRT opportunity

    26 August 2024

    George Palms has built Legal and General Retirement America's US PRT business from scratch. But he sees much more opportunity for growth, he tells Sarfraz Thind

  • Canadian market faces a transitional period

    22 August 2024

    The Canadian insurance market is currently shifting from a hard to a soft market and faces emerging challenges, Houssam Yehya, head of international at GBN Risk Solutions, a managing general agent (MGA) in Canada, speaks to Joshua Geer

  • What world leaders need to know about the insurance sector

    19 August 2024

    Major protection gaps are opening up in natural catastrophes, pensions, cyber and health. Closing them is possible, but only if the appropriate regulations are in place, argues Susan K. Neely

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