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Direct Line chief slams FCA's pricing reform timeline
The UK non-life insurer also announced a £100m share buyback and 4.5% drop in annual profit
Cattolica promises strengthened Orsa process to "fully assess risk and solvency"
Board pay to be cut at Italian group
Steven Findlay takes up Swiss Re CRO role
ABI's former head of prudential regulation returns to industry
People moves: Just; Sun Life; Mosaic; Aeolus; Allianz Risk Consulting; Cytora
InsuranceERM rounds up the latest risk and capital appointments in the insurance industry
Australian BI line posts 278% combined ratio in Q4
Non-life firms' BI reserving contributes to A$1.1bn quarterly loss
US flood insurance has been "an abject failure"
Insurance state commissioners debate need for nationwide climate change policies
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Amanda Blanc dubs exit from Italy "just the start" for Aviva's transformation
Allianz and CNP are buying general and non-life units in €900m M&A
Conning to launch climate risk scenario analysis tool
The SaaS Conning Climate Risk Analyzer will have a beta release at the end of this month
Debeka Leben falls below 100% solvency without transitionals
Group calls on Europe's politicians not to "close eyes" to effect of low rates
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
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
Problematic behaviour in the digital environment: a growing culture risk
Bullying and harassment are not only issues in the office environment - in fact they can be worse in a workforce that operates remotely. Gemma McCall shares her advice on tackling this growing people and culture risk
The German insurer that paid pandemic business claims without dispute
When Covid-19 and lockdowns came to Germany, most non-life insurers quickly checked their policy wordings for business closure, and sought compromises with clients. Muenchener Verein simply paid out claimants, as a matter of principle, its CEO tells David Walker
Is address-level pricing causing or solving natcat protection gaps?
Consumers in high-risk districts are facing unaffordable premiums for property cover - a situation that some blame on insurers' increasingly detailed pricing methods. But insurers argue that address-level pricing allows them to close protection gaps. David Walker reports
Genetic testing risks go under the microscope
Do life insurers really face the risk of adverse selection from customers that have taken predictive genetic tests? Academics think not, and insurers and policyholders could indeed benefit from wider use of genetic testing, as Paul Walsh reports