Analysis

  • Young actuarial professional of the year: Jessica Snowball, LCP

    05 March 2024

    LCP continues its tradition of success in the InsuranceERM awards as Jessica Snowball claims the young actuarial professional of the year award.

  • Insurers catch up on the sustainability hiring boom

    04 March 2024

    Demand for staff with sustainability and ESG experience is at a high, according to recruiter Kate O'Rourke. She talks to Joshua Geer about what the market is looking for

  • CRO of the year: Vishal Desai

    01 March 2024

    InsuranceERM's chief risk officer of the year in the 2024 UK & Europe Awards, Vishal Desai, talks to Christopher Cundy about his career and what CROs should be thinking about the future

  • Bermuda's tax bomb is a boon, says Karel Van Hulle

    26 February 2024

    From new tax rules to an ever-expanding life market, Bermuda is in a transformational phase. Karel Van Hulle, the father of Solvency II and a BMA board member, tells Sarfraz Thind why these changes will do the market good

  • How insurers can develop an insurance-associated emissions programme

    23 February 2024

    In the second of two-part series, Steve Bochanski, Graham Hall and Adam Kallin describe the steps insurers can take to begin developing a holistic IAE management programme

  • SFDR's greenwashing risks and millions in costs raise insurer alarm bells

    21 February 2024

    Insurers have described the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation as good in principle, but worrying in practice. Joshua Geer reports

  • What are insurance-associated emissions?

    16 February 2024

    In the first of a two-part series, Steve Bochanski, Graham Hall and Adam Kallindescribe the concept of insurance-associated emissions, why they're important, and challenges and possible approaches to calculation

  • Brickbats rain down on Australia's property insurers at parliamentary investigation

    14 February 2024

    Politicians suggested Australia's insurers had only themselves to blame for a humiliating grilling over responses to 2022's flooding. But insurers said constructing homes in flood plains is not exactly helping, as David Walker reports

  • US property rate debate rages as natcats soar

    08 February 2024

    Demands for higher rates for homeowners coverage are creating tensions among consumer groups, regulators and underwriters. Sarfraz Thind reports on attempts to sustain the market as natural catastrophe losses mount

  • Inducements debate throws RIS into the slow lane

    06 February 2024

    With the end of the current political mandate in sight and the legislative calendar looking busy, the Retail Investment Strategy now has to overcome a tight deadline and contentious points of debate. Joshua Geer reports