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Young actuarial professional of the year: Jessica Snowball, LCP
05 March 2024LCP continues its tradition of success in the InsuranceERM awards as Jessica Snowball claims the young actuarial professional of the year award.
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Insurers catch up on the sustainability hiring boom
04 March 2024Demand 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
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CRO of the year: Vishal Desai
01 March 2024InsuranceERM'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
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Bermuda's tax bomb is a boon, says Karel Van Hulle
26 February 2024From 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
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How insurers can develop an insurance-associated emissions programme
23 February 2024In 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
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SFDR's greenwashing risks and millions in costs raise insurer alarm bells
21 February 2024Insurers have described the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation as good in principle, but worrying in practice. Joshua Geer reports
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What are insurance-associated emissions?
16 February 2024In 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
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Brickbats rain down on Australia's property insurers at parliamentary investigation
14 February 2024Politicians 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
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US property rate debate rages as natcats soar
08 February 2024Demands 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
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Inducements debate throws RIS into the slow lane
06 February 2024With 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
- Lloyds pension trustees seal longevity risk transfer deals totalling £5.1bn
- Aon boosts Asian reinsurance business with appointments
- Innovation is needed to close the protection gap, insurers told
- Europe's financial supervisors warn of escalating EU risks
- Sebastian Pichler appointed as Allianz CRO
- NAIC's RBC disclosure curb will create uncertainty and make insurer shares less attractive, says Aegon
- Japan Post to cut life and asset risks in JPY 550bn Talcott Life Re deal
- Fitch welcomes solvency rule reforms in South Korea
- World uninsurable on current climate change trajectory, warns Allianz's Gunther Thallinger
- Baltimore bridge collapse largest man-made cat loss for Lloyd's syndicates