Analysis

  • Inflation as a major climate-related risk

    15 August 2024

    It's becoming clear that climate change will influence the rate of inflation, but how can insurers model the potential impacts? Consultants at Milliman explain how a causal modelling approach can help

  • Actuaries face up to programming language dilemma

    13 August 2024

    In addition to learning traditional skills, the modern-day actuary must get to grips with which programming language is best suited to their tasks. The development of artificial intelligence is complicating matters further, as Paul Walsh reports

  • Re/insurers consider a different outcome from cancer

    08 August 2024

    Once a probable death knell, a cancer diagnosis is increasingly becoming a chronic disease, thanks to advances in testing and treatment. This has significant implications for life and health re/insurers, as David Walker reports

  • Insurers' 2023 sustainability reports: disclosures become richer

    06 August 2024

    The latest round of reporting contains more detail than ever around insurers' sustainability strategies, risk management approaches and metrics. Joshua Geer compares and contrasts the results of 10 leading firms

  • NAIC's asset-intensive reinsurance proposals fuel agony and ecstasy

    02 August 2024

    Soon-to-be-unveiled US rules could have a dramatic impact on the business of asset-intensive reinsurance and have drawn a surge of conflicting opinions from consumers, insurers and regulatory advisors. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Admiral Group CRO drives charge on electric vehicles

    31 July 2024

    Ronan McCaughey why the UK-headquartered insurer sees opportunities in electric vehicles, its sustainability strategy and why third-party risk is so important

  • Europe's sustainability reporting: lessons learned, challenges and looking ahead

    29 July 2024

    Insurance Europe's Philippe Angelis summarises the EU's patchwork of sustainability reporting rules and how they could be improved to create a consistent and cost-efficient framework for insurers

  • Cyber insurers showcase the opportunity from continuous underwriting

    25 July 2024

    Continuous underwriting has enabled cyber insurers to better understand their liabilities and improve profitability - and it's an approach the rest of the market could copy, as Paul Walsh reports

  • European insurers call for change in Solvency II's supplemental reforms

    23 July 2024

    The European Commission's proposals for the Level 2 text of Solvency II need to be revised, according to Insurance Europe. Christopher Cundy and Joshua Geer report

  • General Data Protection Regulation: time for a second look

    22 July 2024

    The European Commission's GDPR review should focus on addressing outstanding issues, rather than reopening the text of regulation, argues William Vidonja