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News
Vaudoise bucks European trend and posts non-life profits
Swiss group non-life premiums by 3.8% in the first half of the year
Chinese insurers' C-Ross compliance pays off
But firms are still exposed to risky investments
MEPs push for Eiopa dominance
Parliament’s proposals bring convergence and ESG to the spotlight
Resolution Re reinsures $5.7bn of US annuity liabilities
Deal with Symetra Life involves structured settlement annuities
Speed up 'hard Brexit' plans, EU supervisors tell insurers
Joint committee warns any transitional period “by no means guaranteed”
Insurers should not be subject to climate change campaigns - Wallin
Reinsurers’ underlying return on equity drops in H1 2018
Just suspends dividend, awaiting ERM consultation outcome
Efrag board highlights IFRS 17 issues to IASB
Chesnara boosted by with-profits surplus release
Join the conversation in New York on ERM, capital management and insurtech
UK regulator's "worst case" ERM proposal could make life insurer insolvent
Analysis
Finding the goal in insurtech - part one: the investors
Strategies for capitalising on new insurance technologies are as varied as the technologies themselves. In part one of this series of interviews, Cintia Cheong talks to insurtech investors about the most promising areas for tech development, and how they are making their investments
Tokio Marine overhauls risk management systems
The Japanese insurance group has upgraded its risk management processes to eliminate manual interventions and deliver an enhanced view of group risk. Christopher Cundy reports
Equity release mortgages: stopping the roof falling in
The Prudential Regulation Authority has shaken up life insurers by proposing new assumptions around the valuation of ERMs. The more prudent approach seeks to avoid a potential disaster if house prices stagnate or crash, but the impact on insurers could be serious. Christopher Cundy reports
Efrag makes preliminary call on IFRS 17 issues and timeline
The EU accounting standards advisory body has acknowledged the "very challenging" implementation timelines for IFRS 17 and shared its thoughts on other potential problems with the incoming standard for insurance contracts. Cintia Cheong and Christopher Cundy report
NN's Jan-Hendrik Erasmus: finding the win-win in insurtech
NN Group has been an eager participant in the insurtech revolution. Chief risk officer and global IT leader Jan-Hendrik Erasmus tells David Walker how the Dutch insurer's tech strategy has evolved
German actuaries tell Eiopa: "Stick to your remit"
DAV vice-president Guido Bader talks to David Walker about how the country's actuaries are concerned by Eiopa's new ideas for Solvency II – and the lack of testing around them
