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15 November 2023

Cyber risk's fundamental mischaracterisation as an insurance risk

Tim Freestone and Malcolm McLelland argue for a radical overhaul of how cyber risk is quantified and priced. In the first of a two-part article, they explain the classification of cyber as a market risk and propose using modern financial theory to model it
21 March 2023

Insurers caught up in the Swiss roil

The fall of Credit Suisse, hot on the heels of SVB and Signature Bank, has sent insurers scrambling to assess the risks to their portfolios. While the hit seems manageable, Sarfraz Thind asks if there could be worse to come
18 October 2022

Gilts crash: a boon out of a crisis for insurers

Another day, another UK financial market crash. But while it has gone wrong for British politics and pension funds, the current crisis may actually benefit insurers in the long run. Ronan McCaughey and Sarfraz Thind report
14 October 2022

The path to sustainable cyber insurance

The cyber insurance market is growing rapidly, but demand exceeds current capacity and insurers may lose relevance unless they redefine the risk and improve their modelling. Joshua Geer reports
12 October 2022

Ledger Investing aims to crack the casualty ILS code

Led by ex-AIG chief risk officers, Ledger Investing is entering the relative unknown in connecting insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors with casualty risks. Paul Walsh reports

News

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    25 March 2024

    Property claims from Noto Peninsula earthquake in January hit JPY 61bn

  • Generali expects green bonds to represent 40% of debt by year end

    09 January 2024

    Italian insurer issues sixth and seventh green bonds

  • Total reinsurance capital expected to bounce back to $561bn

    08 January 2024

    But the increase will not have a material impact on market conditions, AM Best says

  • ILS plays a pivotal role as reinsurance market stabilises at 1.1 renewals

    03 January 2024

    Broking group Howden publishes 1 January renewals analysis

  • Beazley issues $140m cyber cat bond

    02 January 2024

  • More "questions than answers" for cyber ILS development in 2024

    18 December 2023

    CyberCube sets out its 2024 cyber insurance predictions

  • Cat bond issuance reaches record $15bn in 2023

    15 December 2023

    Total capital deployed into cat bonds globally now stands at $41bn, Swiss Re said

  • Vesttoo founders suspended as board seeks to overcome crisis

    03 August 2023

    Yaniv Bertele and Alon Lifshitz on paid leave until board decides on their fate

  • AM Best to review collateral arrangements at fronting insurers

    25 July 2023

    Move follows allegations of fraudulent collateral used at Vesttoo

  • Gallagher Re: "Order restored" at mid-year reinsurance renewals following frustrating 1/1 season

    03 July 2023

    But reinsurance prices climb sharply in Australia and the US

  • RGA eyes pension risk transfer and Asian markets as top growth opportunities

    15 June 2023

    US life and health reinsurer looking to alternative capital to finance growth

  • Covid and lapses create pricing uncertainty in life ILS markets

    24 May 2023

    Market participants optimistic about opportunities despite investor hesitancy

  • Munich Re: global cyber insurance market to grow to $33bn by 2027

    28 April 2023

    The reinsurer expects a "turbulent cyber threat landscape" for 2023 and beyond

  • Italy's Eurovita suspends another debt payment

    27 March 2023

  • Sompo first Japanese insurer to issue social bond

    22 March 2023
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