Analysis

  • Climate and sustainability champion of the year: Alex Hindson, Crowe UK

    08 November 2023

    Joshua Geer interviews Alex Hindson about the current state of climate and sustainability in the insurance industry, and what firms should be doing to prepare

  • Sustainable insurer of the year: Aviva

    07 November 2023

    There are many firms saying the right things about climate and sustainability, but relatively few who are turning their words into meaningful actions. Christopher Cundy reports

  • The race to respond to social inflation

    03 November 2023

    Insurers have a huge task ahead in addressing the factors behind social inflation, including society's distrust of big corporates, social media amplification and litigation methods. But others argue it's a manufactured crisis. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • ISSB and EU pledge to minimise the sustainability reporting overload

    31 October 2023

    European firms will have to comply with both EU and IFRS sustainability disclosure standards from their 2024 annual reports. But the two standard-setters have promised to be as harmonised as possible, as Joshua Geer reports

  • Top re/insurance regulatory priorities in the US and Bermuda

    27 October 2023

    Major regulatory developments are facing Bermudian and US re/insurers, and the key areas of supervisory focus on the horizon were discussed earlier this week at InsuranceERM's Bermuda conference. Christopher Cundy reports

  • UK's MA reforms: a fixation on attestation

    24 October 2023

    What do the PRA's proposed requirements for attesting matching adjustment benefits mean for insurers, and will it stop them investing in wider assets? Christopher Cundy and Paul Walsh report

  • Correcting the insurance market's failure on climate risk

    23 October 2023

    The insurance industry must come together to address the challenges of climate change, argues InnSure's Charlie Sidoti

  • Stopping cyber curveballs and building resilience

    18 October 2023

    US experts spoke at InsuranceERM's Americas conference in New York to share best practice and the regulatory view on cyber risk. Ronan McCaughey reports

  • ICS remains stuck in the transatlantic rift

    16 October 2023

    Thomas Sullivan, ex-Federal Reserve insurance chief, talks to Sarfraz Thind about his fight against the imposition of "European" capital standards on US markets

  • Transparency with teeth: UK regulator explains expectations on D&I

    11 October 2023

    The Financial Conduct Authority's Alicia Kedzierski justified the non-prescriptive and disclosure-based approach to improving diversity and inclusion, at yesterday's ABI event. Joshua Geer reports