-
Länsförsäkringar's Magnus Strömgren: tackling Sweden's tech risk challenges
07 January 2025The Swedish mutual insurance group's CRO discusses his role and the company's responses to an environment of regulatory and technological change, with Sarfraz Thind
-
Funded Re under the regulatory microscope
10 December 2024Piggybacking 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 2024The 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 2024A 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 2024Insurers' 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 2024Last 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 2024Of 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 2024Chief 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 2024George 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 2024The 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