News

  • Funded re, climate and operational resilience among PRA's 2025 priorities

    10 January 2025

    UK regulator sets out focus for this year's supervision of insurers

  • Florida trumpets growing insurance strength even as California burns

    10 January 2025

    Commissioner Mike Yaworsky talks up "significant progress" in state's property insurance market following reforms

  • LA wildfires set to be record insured loss event, but re/insurers can absorb impact

    10 January 2025

    Some estimates suggest insured losses are at $20bn already

  • Volker Kudszus: motor claims inflation is still a challenge for insurers

    10 January 2025

    Volker Kudszus, managing director and sector lead for insurance ratings EMEA at S&P Global Ratings, says insurers have demonstrated resilience in their modelling, but motor claims inflation is still an issue

  • PCAF proposes carbon accounting methods for treaty reinsurance and project insurance

    09 January 2025

    The proposals are open for consultation until 28 February

  • How quantum computing could improve insurers' internal models

    09 January 2025

    Muhammad Amjad's paper discusses how risk management could benefit most from a quantum approach

  • Natural disasters caused $140bn in insured losses in 2024, says Munich Re

    09 January 2025

    Reinsurer reports third-costliest year since 1980, with weather-related events driving 97% of insured losses

  • LA fires pose more challenges for California's insurability crisis

    09 January 2025

    Current fires will be in top 5 wildfire losses in US, according to analysts

  • Julien Descombes: transition to IFRS standard in 2024 has been positive

    09 January 2025

    Julien Descombes, chief underwriting officer for life and health reinsurance at Swiss Re, reviews 2024 and explains the emerging risks and regulations it will focus on in 2025

  • Raging wildfires in Los Angeles set to trigger "significant" insured losses

    08 January 2025

    AM Best and Moody's share preliminary insights