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Blackstone sells stake in Rothesay Life for £2.1bn
Other investors in UK life insurer pick up 36% stake
How CROs are dealing with Covid-19 operational risks
Highlights from InsuranceERM's Americas 2020 conference
Mitigating climate risk needs insurance regulators "to get tough"
Highlights from the InsuranceERM Americas 2020 virtual conference
"Build resilience" urge Wilson and Richter in paper on Covid-19's lessons
Allianz's Tom Wilson and Ludwig Maximilian University's Andreas Richter collaborate on review of ERM implications of the pandemic
GIC Re recommended to run India's pandemic risk pool
A working group of Indian re/insurers details how a public-private pooling initiative would work
Libor transition: what you need to know
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The directory covers over 100 products used by insurers for risk, capital and asset management
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COMMENT: Internal model change makes a comeback
Lloyd's has an internal model, so why did it have to introduce a capital add-on? Christopher Cundy finds the answer lies in the complexities of the internal model change process
Swiss Re warns of continuous low interest rate environment
The Swiss re/insurer predicted a low-rate environment will become the norm for insurers, if it is not already so
Analysis
The cloud is a silver lining amid Covid-19
Covid-19 has put to bed any doubts about the use of cloud technology for risk and capital management. The pandemic will also drive more sophisticated risk modelling, as Ronan McCaughey discusses in his review of key trends in the risk software markets
The Future of Insurance: no future for guaranteed products?
Covid-19 has heightened the threat of a low-for-long interest rate environment and is adding to doubts around the future for life insurance products with guarantees, as Paul Walsh reports
Equality in insurance: what actions beyond the words?
The US insurance sector was quick to state its support for black lives after George Floyd's death resonated across communities worldwide. It has a questionable history of action on racial inequality, but are things about to change? Sarfraz Thind reports
Covid-19's consequences for solvency, stress and scenario testing
What lessons have been learned from the solvency risks created by the pandemic? Three experts discuss with Christopher Cundy the reactions from insurers and supervisors, and the implications for future regulation
AIG Life's playbook for Covid-19
Ruth Middleton, AIG Life's chief risk officer, and Debbie Bolton, chief underwriter and head of customer operations at the UK life insurer, tell Ronan McCaughey how the provider has adapted to Covid-19 and reveal their post-pandemic outlook
Is a Pandemic Re the answer in a post-Covid-19 world?
Experts have debated the need for a pandemic insurance risk backstop, what it should cover and how it should be funded. Ronan McCaughey reports from the latest of InsuranceERM's Covid-19 webinar series