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Claims inflation? What claims inflation?
26 August 2022Rising costs of goods and labour may be squeezing underwriting results in Europe and North America, but for many insurers in Asia, claims cost inflation is a world away in every sense. David Walker reports
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Legal abuse and fraud, not natcats, threaten stability of US property insurers
25 August 2022North American re/insurers have warned of a catastrophe that could bankrupt the insurance industry - and it's nothing to do with hurricanes or earthquakes, as Josh Geer reports
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PRT market set for a blazing H2
16 August 2022The UK's pension risk transfer market (PRT) is on course for a very busy second half of the year, after relatively modest activity in H1. Solvency II reforms are also likely to impact the sector, as Ronan McCaughey explains
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Fighting fires in the US
11 August 2022Wildfires are raging once again and insurers are under pressure to maintain coverage in high-risk regions. But the industry can do more to help itself and society as David Sampson, president of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, explains to Sarfraz Thind
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Life back-book consolidators shrug off threat from rising rates
09 August 2022Rising interest rates are unlikely to stop life insurers from selling their legacy liabilities to consolidators, as many other incentives for doing deals remain. David Walker reports
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Solvency II in Germany: four insurers below 100% ratio without transitional measures
28 July 2022New analysis from Insurance Risk Data picks up where Eiopa left off, evaluating the use of the long-term guarantees measures in Germany, the EEA country where they are most popular. David Walker reports
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Czech insurers awaken to digitalisation
18 July 2022Paul Walsh reports from Prague on the opportunities and risks for underwriters in the historically conservative Czech Republic market
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Bigger does not mean better for insurers
02 June 2022Expanding an insurance business in good times typically meant growing profits. In today's tougher economic environment, Europe's largest insurers are being much more prudent about spending capital, and are only considering very careful expansion, as David Walker writes
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Scepticism about the UK's Solvency II savings
30 May 2022The UK government is projecting a meaningful reduction in capital requirements from its prudential regulation reforms. But some question whether the redesign will make any difference, as Christopher Cundy reports
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Systemic risk warnings put Sifi regulation back in play
27 May 2022Macro risks are piling up for insurers, prompting US regulators and lawmakers to suggest bringing back the "systemically important financial institution" designation. Sarfraz Thind reports