Archive

  • Everest Re's H1 profit halves after suffering "3 C's"

    06 August 2020

    Covid-19, catastrophe losses and civil unrest culminate

  • Comment: The grave matter of Covid-19 death statistics

    31 July 2020

    Cintia Cheong looks at the reliability of excess deaths

  • Tropical storm Hanna hits Texas

    27 July 2020

    Officials are also monitoring Hurricane Douglas near Hawaii

  • US Covid-19 cases to hit 6m by September

    24 July 2020

    Oliver Wyman warns it will take multiple weeks to bring the number of active cases down

  • Covid-19's consequences for solvency, stress and scenario testing

    23 July 2020

    What lessons have been learned from the solvency risks created by the pandemic? Three experts discuss with Christopher Cundy the reactions from insurers and supervisors, and the implications for future regulation

  • Lloyd's approves syndicate to insure Covid-19 vaccine distribution

    23 July 2020

    Syndicate 1796 is part of the new Global Health Risk Facility (GHRF) at Lloyd's

  • Pension superfunds "not a competing proposition", says L&G

    20 July 2020

    The pension risk transfer market and investment solutions put insurers in a strong position to manage defined-benefit pension liabilities, L&G's head of pricing and execution Pretty Sagoo tells Cintia Cheong

  • Zurich provides free Covid-19 antibody testing for UK employees

    13 July 2020

    Employees will not be required to disclose their test result and testing is optional

  • AIG Life's playbook for Covid-19

    09 July 2020

    Ruth Middleton, AIG Life's chief risk officer, and Debbie Bolton, chief underwriter and head of customer operations at the UK life insurer, tell Ronan McCaughey how the provider has adapted to Covid-19 and reveal their post-pandemic outlook

  • Prudential Financial completes $1.7bn of longevity reinsurance in H1

    09 July 2020

    UK market resilient to Covid-19, says insurer