CROs assuming head of sustainability role aligns management of key organisational risks, HK body says
WR Berkley foresees trouble as claims frequency normalises and severity rockets
InsuranceERM rounds up the latest partnerships, fundraisings and launches in the insurance technology world
InsuranceERM rounds up major appointments in the insurance industry
Chief executive Morten Hübbe says business has been resilient to Covid-19 crisis
Insurance Europe and CFO Forum say other issues do not block endorsement
Restaurant wins key ruling against Zurich as more cases likely to be decided in the coming months
Leading actuary warns it's premature to discount Covid's effect
Arch and Axis flag major catastrophe and Covid-19 claims
UN's Butch Bacani says insurers should address climate-related risks "holistically"
CEO Helge Leiro Baastad said operations were essentiality back to normal
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Andy Bord said adaptation is as important as mitigating future flood risk
Health insurer plans expansion into life and non-life in 2021
Cat loss modeller Perils puts costs for each at A$1.9bn
But first case is dismissed by a tribunal panel
Own risk and solvency assessments introduced ahead of RBC regime
Lawyer says BI insurers' legal arguments in Australia were too narrow
What constitutes a "terrorist" act sparks debate ahead of Biden inauguration
Peter Giger discusses implications from the World Economic Forum risk report
Internationally active insurance groups will be subject to enhanced supervision and capital rules
The outcome left the insurer with less headroom to cover Australian BI claims
Any delays to payments could see insurers back in court, lawyer warns
InsuranceERM rounds up the latest fundraisings among global insurtechs
Bermudian re/insurer is third underwriter to reject fossil fuel industry in Alaska
Courts ruled in favour of Financial Conduct Authority in business interruption test case
Experts share experiences and best practice at 19 January webinar
Insurance Europe responds to IAIS's consultation
UK life insurer completes a third NNEG hedge and sells equity-release mortgages
The Chartered Insurance Institute said SMEs' satisfaction with insurers has dropped
Re/insurers in the US could face a 20% increase in hurricane-related property losses because of climate change. But that's just the average. In certain regions, the losses might be several times higher by 2050, as AIR Worldwide's Peter Sousounis explains to Christopher Cundy
Insurers are being pushed to better manage the operational risks arising from the use of cloud computing. There are some deep challenges involved, but regulations are arriving that might help, as Ronan McCaughey reports
John Houghtaling, who is handling $3bn in claims on behalf of small businesses forced to close by Covid-19, believes his case will be a watershed for the US BI saga. Sarfraz Thind reports
With the UK's Covid-19 vaccination programme being rolled out, experts tell Cintia Cheong about its impact on mortality in 2021 and what insurers should consider when projecting mortality trends
Renaud Guidée, group chief risk officer at Axa, is spearheading the launch of a net-zero underwriting alliance, an industry initiative to tackle climate change through underwriting. He tells Cintia Cheong why it's needed and explains the challenges ahead
InsuranceERM's year-end poll of risk management experts found widespread agreement that climate change would be a key risk and opportunity for the insurance sector in 2021. Paul Walsh reports
Cintia Cheong charts the endorsement of the IFRS 17 insurance contracts accounting standard in 2020 and explains what happens next
German life insurers paid more into the Zinszusatzreserve again in 2020, despite the new "corridor method" of calculation that intended to unburden the sector. Industry leaders tell David Walker the ZZR remains fit for purpose nonetheless
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
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