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  • Storms trigger Australian catastrophe amid calls for relaxing Covid bans

    01 November 2021

    The ICA said around 36,000 claims had been lodged so far

  • UK's Solvency II study spooks the market

    29 October 2021

    Annuity writers have been shocked by the results of the UK's quantitative impact study on potential reforms to Solvency II and are preparing for a clash with the regulator, as Christopher Cundy reports

  • US senator warns of "massive risk" from fossil fuel underwriting

    29 October 2021

    AM Best research shows few US insurers are fully implementing ESG into underwriting

  • IASB expands scope for IFRS 17/9 fix

    29 October 2021

    A proposal to offer relief was consulted on earlier this year

  • European wildfire risk needs loss modelling innovation

    29 October 2021

    Guy Carpenter's Jessica Turner said wildfire risk in Europe is receiving more scrutiny

  • Lloyd's joins Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

    29 October 2021

    The market is also creating a framework to measure progress towards net zero underwriting

  • COP26: a springboard for action, says the IAIS

    28 October 2021

    Jonathan Dixon, secretary general of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, discusses with Sarfraz Thind the hopes for COP26 and how insurers may benefit from the global climate conference

  • UK insurers welcome government's tax treatment of IFRS 17

    28 October 2021

    A consultation on the issue will follow

  • PRA says capital charges are wrong tool to address climate change's causes

    28 October 2021

    But regulator acknowledges capital regimes can help combat consequences of global warming

  • Dutch watchdog warns of climate change's effects on insurability

    28 October 2021

    AFM warns some property will be uninsurable with climate change