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Time to adopt ICS, conclude AM comparable
14 October 2024The deadline to adopt the Insurance Capital Standard is fast approaching and a crucial decision on comparability with the US Aggregation Method awaits. ACLI's Mariana Gomez-Vock argues it is time for supervisors to resolve their differences
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Thabile Nyaba: tackling poverty, climate risk and diversity in South Africa
09 January 2024Old Mutual Insure's chief risk and sustainability officer explains how poverty, climate risk and geopolitics are impacting South Africa's insurance market. Nevertheless, she says there are many opportunities for insurers. Ronan McCaughey writes
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Ten geopolitical risks to keep you awake at night
09 November 2023Timothy Less from the University of Cambridge's Centre for Geopolitics outlined the shifting power balances and powder-keg disputes that actuaries should consider. Joshua Geer reports
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Insurers seek the Latin American goldmine
15 September 2023With a huge protection gap, developing regulatory environment and an appetite for technology, the prospects look good for those willing to step into Latin America. But any adventure comes with risk, as Sarfraz Thind reports
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From Swahili chatbots to Ogden adaptations, actuaries double down on insurance inclusivity
10 August 2023Across emerging economies, actuaries are working to broaden access to insurance cover, then sharing the wealth of their knowledge, as David Walker discovers
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Insurers begin long countdown to net zero
21 April 2022Some of the world's biggest insurers have joined the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance. Thomas Cox examines the challenges facing the insurance group, and how it can help tackle climate risk
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InsuranceERM's top stories of the year
31 December 2021Christopher Cundy, Ronan McCaughey, Sarfraz Thind and Paul Walsh reveal the most-read stories that ran in 2021 and discuss why they will remain relevant in 2022
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Riding the inflation wave
24 November 2021Inflation has been rising throughout 2021 driven by the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, surging energy prices and global supply chain disruption. Ronan McCaughey asks how insurers are dealing with the risk
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Saudi Arabia embraces IFRS 17 for insurance transformation
23 August 2021IFRS 17 in Saudi Arabia is a story of right time, right place - and the Middle East's largest economy is powering ahead to ensure the standard can transform the country's insurance sector. Ronan McCaughey explains
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Africa Specialty Risks aims for a continental shift
24 June 2021Christopher Cundy talks to co-founders Mikir Shah and Bryan Howett about how and why they established an Africa-focused reinsurer in the midst of a pandemic, and their ambition to make an impression in the diverse continent