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News
February UK flood insured losses near £300m
Parts of northern England and Wales were the worst affected areas
Australian east coast low losses near $500m
New South Wales and Queensland were the most impacted areas
Insurers face €286m losses from storm Dennis
Perils said the majority of losses would occur in the UK, Germany and Belgium
Covid-19 crisis shows "beauty" of state-based regulations, says Consedine
NAIC chief executive hails state response to pandemic
UK MPs scrutinise insurers' response to Covid-19
The Treasury Committee writes to the ABI's Huw Evans
Ciara/Sabine insured losses to total €1.5bn
Germany will face the majority of the losses, says Perils
Aspen's turnaround continues to take toll on profits
Bermudian insurer appoints CFO to replace Scott Kirk
Climate change top risk for US insurers
Pandemic ranked only seventh, according to AM Best
Perils to include Australian motor in coverage expansion
The expansion is part of an industry exposure update to be released in April
Nat cat models have 'limited value' for cyber risk modellers
Cyber risk modellers urged to be selective in applying lessons learned from natural catastrophes
Analysis
Modelling the virus
The spread of Covid-19 has not come as a surprise to everyone. Analytics firms are looking at the thousands of situations to model pandemics every day. However, it seems insurers are not quite up to scratch. Sarfraz Thind reports
Australian life insurers arm up on the frontline of climate change
Climate change is not just a worry for property and casualty insurers. In Australia, whose recent natural disasters are widely seen as harbingers of global warming, life and health firms recognise complacency is no option. David Walker reports
Australia and reinsurance: continuing the affair
Australia's insurers make extensive use of reinsurance and reinsurers like to take on the risk - and the relationship looks set to survive the recent catastrophes that have beset the country, as David Walker reports
Making scenario planning meaningful, effective and manageable
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An expert panel at InsuranceERM's Regulation & Risk Management conference on 3 December in London shared their advice on stress and scenario planning, an activity that has become increasingly important for risk teams as they play a greater role in business strategy
Zurich's Eugenie Molyneux: diversity is key for today's CROs
Eugenie Molyneux, chief risk officer for commercial insurance at Zurich, tells Cintia Cheong about the firm's approach to climate change and why diversity is important for the modern risk manager.
Eiopa's Gabriel Bernardino: climate disclosures will become mandatory
Gabriel Bernardino, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) joined InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk and Capital EMEA conference earlier this month. In a Q&A with Christopher Cundy, he answered questions about climate change, the Solvency II review and conduct risk