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Insurers under fire for underwriting coal industry
10 August 2017Divesting from coal companies while continuing to underwrite them is a 'blind spot' of insurers' climate policies, according to campaigners. Cintia Cheong investigates what four insurers are doing about it
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Allianz to acquire 70% of LV='s general insurance business
04 August 2017German insurer is paying an initial £500m for 50% stake in new joint venture
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Breakdown between political risk and financial markets will not last - Allianz
14 July 2017The normalising of monetary policy will test current assumptions, says report
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Solvency II capital benefit from diversification surprises equity analysts
04 July 2017Pure-play firms gain as much multi-line groups
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View from the Top: Turning ORSA on its head
27 June 2017In his quarterly column for InsuranceERM, Tom Wilson, chief risk officer for Allianz, shares his insights into managing risk and capital. In this instalment, Tom describes how insurers can get value out of the ORSA by focusing less on regulatory reporting and more on risk and capital management as a continuous process
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Malaysia expands cap on foreign ownership of local insurers
23 June 2017At least 30% of each firm must be owned by Malaysian investors says Central Bank
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SFCRs - the one-tonne paper chase by European insurers
15 June 2017Analysis of public Solvency II reports shows literally a tonne of information is now available to stakeholders. But who will use it? Do the reports satisfy stakeholders? And how might the reports evolve? David Walker reports
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Allianz's Wilcox: CRO role still in "teenager" phase
31 May 2017As Stephen Wilcox looks set to leave Allianz UK by the end of the summer, he reflects on how his role as CRO has developed over the last seven years alongside more recent regulatory and political frustrations. He spoke to Callum Tanner at Allianz's office in London.
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Wilcox to quit as Allianz UK CRO
25 May 2017No replacement decided yet, said to be considering NED roles
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Eiopa defends UFR methodology in final paper
23 May 2017Industry would have preferred recalculation every five to ten years