Archive

  • US reiterates its opposition to ICS

    16 June 2022

    IAIS meeting in Croatia starts today with international rule causing continued discord

  • Russia is largest source of cyber-attacks, says Greenberg

    28 April 2022

    Chubb says no increase in cyber-attacks through war as it limits exposure to conflict

  • The US climate split

    25 April 2022

    The knives are out on what US insurers need reveal about their climate-related exposures. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Lloyd's syndicates find a long tail in Covid-19 losses

    06 April 2022

    Claims diminished in 2021 but uncertainty over ultimate cost remains

  • US P&C actuaries target racial bias in insurance pricing

    14 March 2022

    Casualty Actuarial Society outlines lessons learned from other financial sectors

  • Nat cats prompt $57m loss for Lancashire in 2021

    11 February 2022

    CEO admits delivering "disappointing" combined ratio and loss for the year

  • Social inflation cost US insurers $20bn in auto lines from 2010 to 2019

    09 February 2022

    Capturing issue requires more refined analysis, argues CAS report

  • The golden state becomes too hot to handle

    24 January 2022

    Property catastrophe losses in California have soared, with the result that insurers increasingly don't want to underwrite there. Could this be the beginning of a withdrawal from cat perils in other US states? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Apac re/insurers welcome the alternative

    29 December 2021

    Regulators in Asia have been busy creating frameworks for insurers to transfer risk to capital markets investors. Re/insurers are keen to tap this alternative source of capital, if the structures are right. David Walker reports

  • Nearly half of insurance industry workers face problematic behaviour

    19 October 2021

    Incidents experienced by staff include bullying, harassment or discrimination