Analysis

• Insurers look to redefine their social purpose

  13 December 2022

  Experts at the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference called on the sector to rediscover its purpose as social crises worsen. Paul Walsh reports

  

• Managing climate risks - but how?

  08 December 2022

  Rüdiger Kiesel and Gerhard Stahl argue capital charges are not sufficient for insurers to manage climate risk, and propose an approach based on the fundamentals of risk management

  

• Finding the scope for insured emissions reporting

  05 December 2022

  New methodologies for measuring the carbon emissions associated with underwriting and driving the insurance sector towards net-zero were published in November. But the reception from green campaign groups has been lukewarm, as Joshua Geer reports

  

• "Enterprise risk" management? Or enterprise "risk management"?

  30 November 2022

  Ari Moskowitz, group chief risk officer at Everest, explains why both approaches are critical and how to tie them together seamlessly, so businesses can see both the wood and the trees

  

• IFRS 17's second-order effects begin to crystalise

  23 November 2022

  The insurance sector is beginning to look beyond the surface and understand what changes the IFRS 17 era will bring to business. Paul Walsh reports

  

• Championing the UK Black Actuaries Network

  21 November 2022

  The key people behind the launch of the UK Black Actuaries Network - Chika Aghadiuno and Mudi Ugono - tell Ronan McCaughey about the aims and aspirations for the initiative and why it is so crucial

  

• Covid and Great Resignation 'popped the lid' on people risk

  15 November 2022

  US insurance experts at the Insurance Risk & Capital Americas conference explained how Covid-19 has led insurers to up their game as people risk challenges begin to bite. Paul Walsh reports

  

• War fuels clamour for political risk insurance

  08 November 2022

  It seemed inconceivable that Europe would be in the midst of a major war in 2022. But the events in Ukraine have pushed political risk to the fore, leaving many to ponder how to insure the unthinkable. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Six ways insurers can make DE&I real and relevant

  01 November 2022

  US insurance experts at the Insurance Risk & Capital Americas conference explained how they are fostering diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) within the industry, and ways to build momentum. Ronan McCaughey writes

  

• A risk manager's perspective on consumer duty

  28 October 2022

  With regulators putting a tighter focus on insurers' duty towards their customers, Michael Tripp discusses the questions that risk managers should be asking of the business