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The new risks emerging from remote working
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
The politics of pandemics
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
Covid-19 mitigation in the US: compliance drops, virus rages
In a follow-up to his article on applying ERM expertise to limit the spread of Covid-19, Dave Ingram reports on adherence to mitigation requirements in November, including for the key Thanksgiving holiday
Gabriel Bernardino on four important Solvency II reforms
The chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority talks to Christopher Cundy about the main proposals to amend Solvency II and what they hope to achieve
Eiopa in 2021: more staff, more responsibilities
Europe's insurance authority is hiring nearly 35 more staff as its responsibilities grow. Executive director Fausto Parente explains what they will be doing, in conversation with Christopher Cundy
Applying ERM expertise to limit the spread of Covid-19
What can enterprise risk management experts offer to society in the pandemic? Quite a lot, as Dave Ingram and Dan Ingram explain, in their COVID Mitigation Monitoring Project
Prudential Financial's Nick Silitch: running his own version of risk
The chief risk officer of the largest US life insurer talks to Sarfraz Thind about how he shaped his role and the risk function, and reveals the impact of the pandemic on the group
Taking a new direction in life
China Taiping Insurance Singapore, a long-established non-life insurer, has taken the rare step of diversifying into life business. David Walker talks to the man leading the move, Lance Tay
Lockdowns and BLM put pressure on the diversity and inclusion agenda
The sixth annual Dive In festival, designed to promote inclusion and diversity in the insurance sector, will take place this week following some of the most dramatic societal developments in recent history. Paul Walsh reports on how the issue has been prioritised in these times
The FSB and effective resolution: why it should matter to you
Insurers can come up with many reasons to put resolution planning at the bottom of their list of priorities. Carlos Montalvo explains why they should not