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Subscribe nowBerkshire Hathaway's auto insurer highlighted significant cost inflation in automobile markets
Steve Johnston made the comment as the insurer released its full-year results
The reinsurer said pandemic-related expenditure is falling as expected
Q2 funding stood at $2.4bn, having totalled $4.8bn in Q2 2021
Guilio Terzariol warns of "double digit" rate hikes in some countries in H2
Climate change and cyber risks are listed as the most pressing threats for insurers in 2022
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Losses from catastrophes and the Ukraine conflict were also cited
The Central Bank of Ireland says climate change is no longer an "emerging risk"
Agricultural industry underwriter reveals plan in SFCR
Own risk and solvency assessment may need "new approach", EU authority says
Insured natcat losses hit $35bn, above 10-year average
Axa XL Re H1 premiums and revenues fall as group cuts natcat risk
Zesty.ai's Attila Toth said traditional methods miss the true impacts
Italian insurer also quizzed on inflation rates
The UK general insurer was also severely affected by heightened inflation
Using current rates for discounting would narrow decline, says CFO
But group launches €500m share buyback
Athora's regional CEO reveals plans to deploy "substantial capital" there
Risk dashboard covered Q1 regulatory data
Market in better position to weather downturn than it was in 2008, according to Chris Swift
KPMG said the sector "should not stand still" in the face of challenges
MAS says the measures will heighten awareness of climate risks
CFO says no ratings issues from accounting shift as of now
Insured losses of $19bn with above-average storm season due in second half
S&P Global Ratings has downgraded Italy's outlook to stable
German insurers consider prospect of Russia cutting gas supplies to Europe
The measures and the volatility adjustment maintain capital adequacy for some insurers
Supervisory body creates new data hub to enhance climate practices
Experts share the latest trends in this area with InsuranceERM
The IFRS 17 accounting standard is due to be implemented in five months' time, but many insurers are leaving it until the eleventh hour to reveal what impact the transition will have on their financial metrics. Christopher Cundy and Paul Walsh report
New analysis from Insurance Risk Data picks up where Eiopa left off, evaluating the use of the long-term guarantees measures in Germany, the EEA country where they are most popular. David Walker reports
Actuaries, US insurers, environmental campaigners have joined the UK industry in responding to Solvency II reform proposals. Christopher Cundy and David Walker report
Japan is midway through development of a new capital framework that takes its lead from the Insurance Capital Standard. This should make it a beacon for international prudential rules, as the FSA's Shigeru Ariizumi explains to Sarfraz Thind
Paul Walsh reports from Prague on the opportunities and risks for underwriters in the historically conservative Czech Republic market
Low interest rates killed off European life insurance products that offered policyholders guaranteed annual returns. Even now as rates rise, David Walker finds practitioners are ready to bury the concept
Risk professionals may need to deploy more imagination if they are to address the perils that are currently going undetected. Paul Walsh reports
Richard Chan, Hong Kong chief investment officer and Asia head of ALM at Axa, discusses Hong Kong's forthcoming risk-based capital regime and how insurers will respond
Mudi Ugono and Brad Ashton discuss the findings from a working party on how a reinsurer default could affect insurer balance sheets - and how the management of this risk could be improved
June's meeting of international regulators was a sunny affair in an idyllic setting. Even the ever-lurking shadow of the ICS couldn't spoil the party after two years of isolation. Sarfraz Thind reports