Analysis

  • Regulators investigate the private equity-insurer love-in

    04 February 2022

    Private equity companies have been acquiring insurers at an unheard of rate. Now regulators have raised concerns over asset risk and short-term greed overcoming long-term sense, as Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Germany's insurers ready for the green light

    02 February 2022

    Trade association GDV has detailed plans for national-level reforms in 2022, and is hoping progress will not be stalled by the newly formed coalition government. David Walker reports

  • Actuaries at a premium in UK's hot jobs market

    27 January 2022

    The UK jobs market for actuaries is booming, but how has the Covid-19 pandemic changed the sector? Cintia Cheong reports on the latest UK actuarial recruitment trends

  • The golden state becomes too hot to handle

    24 January 2022

    Property catastrophe losses in California have soared, with the result that insurers increasingly don't want to underwrite there. Could this be the beginning of a withdrawal from cat perils in other US states? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Aspen's ESG underwriting initiative looks to "turn a tanker"

    21 January 2022

    Re/insurer Aspen has set ambitious ESG targets for its credit and political risk underwriting portfolio. Paul Walsh talks to the portfolio's head, Dan Osman, about the strategy

  • Bullish outlook for UK's bulk annuity market in 2022

    19 January 2022

    The UK's bulk market remains buoyant with growing insurer capacity. This year could also see mega transactions and potential shifts in market dynamics. Ronan McCaughey explains

  • Legacy life books: targeted approaches to de-risking and optimisation

    17 January 2022

    In the second of two articles, Luca Tres reviews how a targeted risk transfer strategy can help life insurers better manage their legacy books - and looks to the future of legacy life de-risking

  • CROs share their top concerns for 2022

    12 January 2022

    InsuranceERM's year-end poll of risk management experts found a myriad of risks on their radar for 2022 - with cyber security and inflation standing out as dominant themes. Ronan McCaughey reports

  • Legacy life books: a proactive approach

    10 January 2022

    In the first of two articles, Luca Tres discusses the strategies available to life insurers facing the challenges of high capital intensity and low profitability in their life legacy business

  • InsuranceERM's top stories of the year

    31 December 2021

    Christopher Cundy, Ronan McCaughey, Sarfraz Thind and Paul Walsh reveal the most-read stories that ran in 2021 and discuss why they will remain relevant in 2022