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News
New Zealand regulator puts insurers on notice about climate change
Reserve Bank to examine industry’s response, to climate risks including the option of stress tests
Insurtech weekly: Lloyd's, Zesty.ai, Apicil, OAV, Plug & Play Ventures, Certua, Sherpa
Lloyd’s searches for next group of insurtech innovators
Industry welcomes PRA's update on equity release mortgages
Practitioners happy with extra 12 months before implementation
RMS maintains edge over AIR Worldwide in Bermuda market
More than 80% of firms report licensing RMS cat models in 2017
NN gets go-ahead for partial internal model expansion
Dutch group plans extending its use in full-year Solvency II calculations
Moody's Analytics and Oliver Wyman team up on IFRS 17
Jury out on mortality improvement slowdown, says Swiss Re
"Primitive" California law poses wildfire risk challenge for insurers
DMGT writes off £58m investment in RMS(one)
Aon and GEM to develop Canadian earthquake model
Generali extends internal model, boosts solvency ratio
Call to integrate cat modelling with climate science
Analysis
Ten years old today
Peter Field reflects on a decade of publishing a title that has its roots in Solvency II but has broadened its coverage to all aspects of risk management in insurance companies worldwide
Why virtual reality tech could be a game changer for insurance
'The future is bright for insurance, the future is virtual'. That was the optimistic sentiment at a recent Lloyd's event to demonstrate the exciting possibilities for virtual, augmented reality and mixed reality technologies in the insurance industry. Ronan McCaughey explains
Candace Woods: engineering financial wellness
Prudential Financial's chief actuary talks to Christopher Cundy about her role in improving diversity, reforming its actuarial team and the regulatory challenges facing the insurer.
Climate risk management: the heat is on
Managing financial risks from climate change is becoming an important issue for insurers. Ronan McCaughey speaks to firms about the tools they use to gauge climate risk - and how they plan to deal with this major global challenge
US flood insurance: bridging the political chasm
Hurricanes Michael and Florence have again drawn attention to the issue of underinsurance of flood risk in the US. The industry says regulators are stymieing the market, and reforms are stuck in a political logjam. InsuranceERM's US editor Sarfraz Thind reports
Finding the future for AI in P&C insurance
Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve a number of important processes, and raise the understanding of risk drivers, insurers told Willis Towers Watson in a recent survey. Neil Chapman explains the key findings to Paul Walsh