Archive

  • Dave Snyder: We will advocate for a greater society-wide focus on loss prevention and mitigation

    26 December 2023

    Dave Snyder, vice president of policy, research and international for the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, discusses how artificial intelligence regulation has developed and how "political polarisation" has impacted firms

  • The race to respond to social inflation

    03 November 2023

    Insurers have a huge task ahead in addressing the factors behind social inflation, including society's distrust of big corporates, social media amplification and litigation methods. But others argue it's a manufactured crisis. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US trade bodies back European insurers' stance on Eiopa's cross-border reinsurance consultation

    31 October 2023

    ACLI, APCIA and RAA concerned that EU-US covered agreement could be violated

  • Environmental protestors occupy and glue themselves to London market offices

    18 October 2023

    The protestors demand insures rule out covering fossil fuel projects

  • Who's to blame for the US insurance crisis?

    01 September 2023

    Is the growing US property insurance crisis caused by greedy insurers or sleepy regulators? Sarfraz Thind speaks to industry and consumer groups to get their perspectives

  • Lancashire's H1 premiums exceed $1bn while US expansion plans ramp up

    10 August 2023

    Chief executive Alex Mahoney said the specialty re/insurer had "plenty of capital" to pursue US opportunities

  • AI shoots up SOA/CAS emerging risk list

    31 July 2023

    "Disruptive technology" category emerges strongly in May survey

  • Climate alliances crumbled by anti-woke politics

    01 May 2023

    The unravelling of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance owes a lot to right-wing US politics, where ESG and climate action is seen as a threat to business, as Sarfraz Thind discovers

  • Catastrophe models lead the charge on climate risk integration

    27 April 2023

    Insurers are putting significant effort into understanding how climate affects their business - none more so than in improving their catastrophe models, as Joshua Geer reports

  • Lancashire appoints Alison Gaudette as group sustainability manager

    03 April 2023

    She becomes the latest senior figure to depart Argo Group