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  • New Zealand proposes additional solvency capital buffer

    27 July 2021

    Interim insurance solvency standard to take effect in 2022 to reflect IFRS 17

  • How much is IFRS 17 costing the insurance industry?

    19 May 2021

    Insurers are 19 months away from having to implement the new contract accounting standard and it is already costing them more than anticipated. Cintia Cheong finds out why

  • Capital injections needed to keep insurers afloat during 2020 turbulence

    11 May 2021

    SFCRs reveal fates of underwriters whose solvency was challenged in tough year

  • Insurtech weekly: InsureQ, Alan, Ignatica, Swiss Re, Lemonade, Leapstack, Archipelago, Sompo, Parametrix, Covéa

    23 April 2021

    InsuranceERM rounds up the latest developments in the fast-moving world of insurtech

  • Governments win in Covid-19 trade credit reinsurance programmes

    07 April 2021

    Governments have profited from the support they offered trade credit insurers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Insurers say they have no regrets, but are looking forward to the end of state aid. David Walker reports

  • Country profile: Germany

    16 March 2021

    Europe's third-largest insurance industry has survived the coronavirus pandemic so far, but continues to be plagued by low rates and poor profitability in motor and home cover, as David Walker describes in this special report featuring interviews with BaFin's Frank Grund and GDV's Jörg Asmussen

  • Frank Grund acknowledges "more difficult" times for building ZZR

    16 March 2021

    BaFin also finds some insurtechs "overly optimistic" on business plans

  • Talanx pays out €30m to UK churches as insured Sunday donations fall

    15 March 2021

    Covid-19 costs German re/insurer €1.5bn overall in 2020

  • NZ insurers welcome revised principles for solvency standards review

    12 March 2021

    Reserve Bank of New Zealand consulted on principles that will guide the review and timeline

  • Insurers urged to cease underwriting new gas infrastructure

    11 March 2021

    Climate activist group says LNG is not a clean alternative energy