Analysis

  • PE and insurance: perception versus reality

    21 June 2024

    Private equity and alternative asset manager-owned life insurers have been accused of making risky investments and running opaque businesses intent on making a fast buck. The facts may not bear this out, as Sarfraz Thind reports in the first of a two-part article

  • The end of the road for matching adjustment reforms

    18 June 2024

    The long journey to update the UK's version of the Solvency II matching adjustment is finally complete. Nick Ford summarises the implications of the changes and what's in store for life insurers

  • Consolidated results: how Medvida Partners completes deals in a tough environment

    17 June 2024

    Europe's life insurance consolidators are under close scrutiny by regulators, but Antonio Trueba tells David Walker how his firm has cleared the hurdles - and why the market is set to thrive

  • Athora's Mike Wells: regulators have given us permission to grow

    14 June 2024

    CEO of the major European life insurance and pensions group comments on IFRS 17, regulatory change and consumer trends. Joshua Geer reports

  • CRO of the year Americas: Halina von dem Hagen

    13 June 2024

    Halina von dem Hagen sees risk everywhere. But her many years of insurance experience have told her the best way to meet it is not through avoidance, but structure.

  • Your CEO asks to cut the costs of risk and compliance. What do you do?

    11 June 2024

    Being asked to look at the cost of risk and compliance isn't necessarily a threat. Instead, it can provide an opportunity to move the functions from adolescence into adulthood, argues Justin Elks

  • Global Atlantic's transformational technology officer

    07 June 2024

    Padma Elmgart talks to Sarfraz Thind about her work in modernising the tech structure of the fast-growing US annuity provider

  • TNFD blossoms in Japan as insurers begin nature reporting journey

    05 June 2024

    Joshua Geer reports on how firms in Japan and beyond are approaching the task of disclosing nature-related risks and opportunities

  • CROs' secrets of success for managing third-party and digital risks

    31 May 2024

    Risk experts explain how insurers can improve operational and third-party risk management, what works for them, and the impact of new regulations in this area. Ronan McCaughey reports

  • Life ILS markets feel the heat from high rates

    29 May 2024

    It has been a tough period for the life insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, afflicted by higher interest rates and unexpected losses. But participants are hopeful of a revival, as Christopher Cundy reports