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17 December 2024

Australia's property insurance model caught off-guard by climate change

A series of unprecedented disasters has revealed serious flaws in how the non-life insurance sector operates, but critics are making suggestions on how to improve matters, as David Walker discovers
16 December 2024

RGA eyes global growth of funded re

RGA has been one of the prime movers in reinsuring the UK's pension risk transfer insurers. Izzy Bickford, director, business development, talks to Sarfraz Thind about the funded reinsurance business and how she sees it developing
04 December 2024

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

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
14 October 2024

Time to adopt ICS, conclude AM comparable

The deadline to adopt the Insurance Capital Standard is fast approaching and a crucial decision on comparability with the US Aggregation Method awaits. ACLI's Mariana Gomez-Vock argues it is time for supervisors to resolve their differences
08 October 2024

The future for funded reinsurance remains bright

Funded reinsurance has been the subject of increased regulatory scrutiny in the UK and US over the last 18 months, but experts believe it will remain part of insurers' risk and capital management toolkit. Ronan McCaughey writes

News

  • IFRS 17 and K-ICS to help drive growth in South Korea's insurance industry

    23 January 2025

  • Fingerprints of climate change on 2024's natcat insured losses, warns Gallagher Re

    22 January 2025

    The reinsurance broker has published its latest natural catastrophe and climate report

  • Meiji Yasuda applies AI modelling to life policy underwriting

    22 January 2025

  • Malaysian health insurers adjust rise in premiums after regulator's edict

    20 January 2025

  • Chinese property insurers respond to Tibet earthquake

    14 January 2025

  • PICC and Axa alliance to expand French group's mainland China footprint

    14 January 2025

  • Chinese motor insurers capitalise on EV boom

    06 January 2025

    However, higher claims costs and frequency create challenges, says AM Best

  • FSA warns Japan's insurers to uphold governance amid global expansion

    02 January 2025

    Internal audit and governance must be enhanced as operations expand, watchdog says

  • Thailand's KWI Life wins breathing room for capital raising

    02 January 2025

  • China Taiping reinsurer launches cat bond in Hong Kong

    02 January 2025

    Bond covers two natcat risks in US and China, respectively

  • InsuranceERM's 2024 review: Tougher regulatory action on AI

    30 December 2024

  • Strong reinsurer appetite drives loss-free property cat rates down at 1 Jan renewals

    30 December 2024

    But prices rise up to 30% for loss-affected books, says Guy Carpenter

  • Malaysian regulations to enhance insurance penetration, says AM Best

    18 December 2024

    The rating agency maintains a stable outlook for the country's non-life insurers

  • AI unlikely to replace physical-based flood models, says Fathom co-founder

    17 December 2024

    Nevertheless, Fathom contributes to AI tool for visualising future flood events

  • Reask, JBA and Tremblor model risk for Pacific cat insurance programme

    17 December 2024
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