Analysis

• Penn Mutual's Dave Raszeja: making the most of the pandemic

  11 June 2020

  The US life insurer's CFO talks to Sarfraz Thind about the present and future impact of Covid-19, the company's approach to risk management and his transition from the CRO role

  

• Catastrophe risk modelling: platforms and models update

  09 June 2020

  InsuranceERM's round-up of developments at model vendors and platform providers AIR Worldwide, Impact Forecasting, Oasis LMF, RMS, Guy Carpenter, WTW, JBA, Nasdaq, KCC, ARA, Combus, CoreLogic, ERN and Fathom

  

• Engagement, knowledge and automation: the keys to sustainable underwriting

  04 June 2020

  Re/insurers shared tips on setting up frameworks for incorporating environmental, social and governance risks in underwriting at this week's UNEP PSI webinar. Cintia Cheong reports

  

• Covid-19: The CRO's view - Part 2

  03 June 2020

  In part two of our report on the InsuranceERM Covid-19 discussion webinar, Allianz group chief risk officer Tom Wilson tells Paul Walsh his thoughts on the business interruption coverage disputes, the possibility of a 'Pandemic Re' initiative and the lessons the industry needs to learn.

  

• How Covid-19 is changing the UK's prudential supervision

  01 June 2020

  At a recent webinar organised by the Association of British Insurers, experts discussed what Covid-19 and Brexit might mean for the future direction of UK prudential regulation. Cintia Cheong reports

  

• Jaw or war? Confronting the pandemic business interruption question

  29 May 2020

  Winston Churchill famously said talking a problem through - "meeting jaw to jaw" - was better than warring it out. Around the world, some insurers are finding compromises to support holders of business interruption policies. Others are bracing for a fight, finds David Walker

  

• Covid-19: The CRO's view

  27 May 2020

  In part one of a revealing two-part report from InsuranceERM's Covid-19 webinar series, Allianz Group chief risk officer (CRO) Tom Wilson tells Paul Walsh how the pandemic is impacting the insurer and the sector overall

  

• Guiding Axa through Covid-19

  25 May 2020

  Axa's group chief risk officer Renaud Guidée discusses pandemic insurance pools and Covid-19 business interruption cover with Ronan McCaughey - and argues no other industry has gone so far as insurance to help customers during the crisis

  

• Australia's insurers get grilled after the country burns

  21 May 2020

  A parliamentary committee took Australia's insurers to task after a torrid season of bushfires, Covid-19 and scathing criticism of their conduct and governance. David Walker reports

  

• Conduct risk in an outcomes-based environment

  19 May 2020

  The UK's conduct regulator has signalled a new approach to overseeing the insurance industry - and with Brexit has the potential to make bolder moves. Paul Walsh reports from an Association of British Insurers event on the hopes and fears for future of conduct regulation