Analysis

• Covid-19 claims fall short of forecasts... so far

  29 September 2020

  Cintia Cheong investigates why claims related to the pandemic have failed to live up to forecasts in the early part of this year

  

• Lockdowns and BLM put pressure on the diversity and inclusion agenda

  21 September 2020

  The sixth annual Dive In festival, designed to promote inclusion and diversity in the insurance sector, will take place this week following some of the most dramatic societal developments in recent history. Paul Walsh reports on how the issue has been prioritised in these times

  

• The FSB and effective resolution: why it should matter to you

  18 September 2020

  Insurers can come up with many reasons to put resolution planning at the bottom of their list of priorities. Carlos Montalvo explains why they should not

  

• Linda Lacewell: New York's no-nonsense reformer

  17 September 2020

  Change... it's overdue. The head of the NYDFS, Linda Lacewell, believes there is a transformative energy in the air and it must not be wasted. She speaks to Sarfraz Thind

  

• The cloud is a silver lining amid Covid-19

  16 September 2020

  Covid-19 has put to bed any doubts about the use of cloud technology for risk and capital management. The pandemic will also drive more sophisticated risk modelling, as Ronan McCaughey discusses in his review of key trends in the risk software markets

  

• IFRS 17's neglected questions: the risk adjustment and confidence levels

  14 September 2020

  Andries Beukes discusses with Cintia Cheong the findings of an investigation into how insurers are planning to calculate their IFRS 17 risk adjustment and confidence level

  

• The Future of Insurance: no future for guaranteed products?

  03 September 2020

  Covid-19 has heightened the threat of a low-for-long interest rate environment and is adding to doubts around the future for life insurance products with guarantees, as Paul Walsh reports

  

• Covid-19 and insurance: stirred, not shaken

  01 September 2020

  Isaac Alfon and Shirley Beglinger share the findings of their survey of risk and finance executives on how they coped with the crisis - and how working environments and business practices will change after the pandemic

  

• The Future of Insurance: innovation with a purpose

  27 August 2020

  According to Zurich's head of innovation, Stuart Domingos, the future of insurance should not be driven by technology but by the need to empathise with customers. He talks to Sarfraz Thind

  

• Pandemic protection: what a public/private solution might look like

  24 August 2020

  Swiss Re's Ivo Menzinger has overseen many innovative public/private partnerships to insure risks at a regional and national level. Now he is focusing on pandemic protection programmes, he explains to David Walker