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News
Munich Re's profit soars 480% year on year
German giant sets 9% profit growth target for 2019
Scor appoints reinsurance CEO in P&C shakeup
Michel Blanc will lead Scor’s reinsurance division
Nat cats blow Talanx's large loss insurance budget for 2018
But rule changes more than halve German insurer’s necessary life interest reserving
China's stronger use of fiscal tools to boost re/insurance sector
Swiss Re Institute expects growing demand for P&C and personal lines insurance
Vivat's longevity transfer deal boosts Solvency II ratio
Canada Life Re reinsures €5.5bn of Dutch insurer's longevity risk
Mapfre's new coal underwriting policy leaves environmentalists to question more
InsuranceERM award winners celebrate in style
PIC gains more than £400m after assumption and methodology changes
Environmental group targets Hannover Re again over coal policy
Phoenix doubles profits after longevity review
Australian regulator mulls cutting use of offshore reinsurance
UnipolSai issues cat bond for non-peak weather perils
Analysis
IFRS 17 Conference: what have we learned?
The upcoming accounting standard for insurance contracts poses several challenges to the industry ranging from skills shortages to stakeholder engagement. On 27 February, experts convened at InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 Conference in London to discuss their approach to successful implementation. Cintia Cheong summarises the findings
Commission reveals scope of Solvency II reforms in 2020 advice request
In its request for technical advice from Eiopa, the European Commission has given its strongest indication yet about where it might take Solvency II. Christopher Cundy shares his thoughts
Silent cyber risk sparks rewording of insurance policies
AIG and Allianz are among the insurers to have undertaken a large-scale effort to exclude silent cyber risk from their portfolios. Paul Walsh looks into the process and discovers how policies have been reworded to safeguard insurers and satisfy their customers
Eric Cioppa, the regulator's regulator
Maine's superintendent of insurance has taken on the mantle of NAIC president for 2019. He talks to Sarfraz Thind about regulatory priorities and how he will marshal the 50 states to reach a common view
Solvency II: what reforms can we expect?
Christopher Cundy examines what will change with the two scheduled reviews of Solvency II and the other issues set to influence the EU's landmark insurance legislation
US-EU covered agreement: a rocky road to implementation
US regulators have raised the ire of their European counterparts with their implementation of the covered agreement for reinsurance collateral negotiated last year. With no resolution in sight, states risk provoking a pre-emption of the law which could see the federal government taking control. US editor Sarfraz Thind reports