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Beazley names new CEO as Andrew Horton joins QBE
Horton is not expected to take up his new role until 1 September
COMMENT: Obrigado, Gabriel
Christopher Cundy shares his thoughts on the end of Gabriel Bernardino's term at Eiopa
People moves: Zurich North America, Aon, Willis Towers Watson
InsuranceERM rounds up the latest risk and capital appointments in the insurance industry
The winners are revealed in InsuranceERM's 2021 Awards
The awards recognise the best in the UK and Europe's insurance risk management sector
UK insurers make marginal progress on gender balance at board level
CROs give their views on what's needed to achieve diversity
People moves: NN Group, Prudential, Sompo Group
InsuranceERM rounds up the latest risk and board appointments in the insurance industry
People moves: Pacific Life Re, Argo, PIC
InsuranceERM rounds up risk and capital appointments in the insurance industry
People moves: Scor; Hiscox; Gossmann & Cie
InsuranceERM rounds up major appointments in the insurance industry
Paul Fulcher to lead Just's capital and investment management
Fulcher joins from Milliman
Generali promotes Giancarlo Fancel to group CRO
Frederic de Courtois departs as part of major management shake-up
Analysis
The actuaries who changed the conversation on Covid
The Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group won the Judges' award for contribution to the industry in the InsuranceERM 2021 UK & Europe awards. Christopher Cundy speaks to the protagonists about their collaborative project and the impact it's had on society
Catherine Drummond: black swans are more common than people think
Catherine Drummond, InsuranceERM's young actuarial and risk professional of the year, explains to Paul Walsh what is needed to succeed in a risk role, how the function has evolved and her push for diversity and inclusion within the industry
Aurore Lecanon: the CRO of the year driving risk management change
Chief risk officer of the year in InsuranceERM's 2021 awards, Aurore Lecanon, tells Ronan McCaughey how and why she successfully modernised Prudential International Assurance's risk function. She also discusses Brexit's impact
The new risks emerging from remote working
The long-term effects of relocating staff from offices to their homes, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, are beginning to be understood. Risk managers have been satisfied in some respects, but deep concerns about staff wellbeing and the impacts on culture remain. Christopher Cundy reports
The politics of pandemics
Combatting the next pandemic will take a lot more than vaccines, according to Frank Schiller, a board member of Germany's actuarial association. To cover the risk, insurers will need a deft understanding and the ability to work closely with the political world, as Schiller explains to David Walker
Covid-19 mitigation in the US: compliance drops, virus rages
In a follow-up to his article on applying ERM expertise to limit the spread of Covid-19, Dave Ingram reports on adherence to mitigation requirements in November, including for the key Thanksgiving holiday