Archive

  • CNP's Vincent Damas calls for global interoperability of green taxonomies

    22 July 2024

    UNEP FI is leading a collaboration to support a unified global green taxonomy

  • The EU Taxonomy makes insurers look bad at sustainability - but is it fair?

    16 July 2024

    In their first year of reporting, several major insurers have disclosed that none of their activities qualify as sustainable. Joshua Geer investigates whether the insurers or the EU Taxonomy framework is at fault

  • Actuaries urge insurers to stay grounded on Gen AI dreams and nightmares

    09 July 2024

    Generative artificial intelligence might be 'just another tool', but it's one whose potential risks and opportunities demand close attention, as Joshua Geer reports from the European Congress of Actuaries

  • French election: insurers well prepared for political uncertainty

    27 June 2024

    But nationalist policies could erect new trade barriers

  • The mixed picture for life backbook deals in Europe

    24 June 2024

    While life backbook consolidation in Germany seems to have stalled, in Spain it's a more a case of 'full steam ahead', David Walker finds

  • Consolidated results: how Medvida Partners completes deals in a tough environment

    17 June 2024

    Europe's life insurance consolidators are under close scrutiny by regulators, but Antonio Trueba tells David Walker how his firm has cleared the hurdles - and why the market is set to thrive

  • ECA 2024: CNP's Thomas Béhar explains insurers' "evolving approach" to AI

    07 June 2024

    The CFO says insurers should use a blend of Gen AI and traditional AI

  • Italian life firms' SFCRs reveal rising policy lapse rates in 2023

    17 April 2024

    Solvency filings discuss methods sector used to tackle the risk

  • CNP Assurances makes progress on all non-financial KPIs

    28 February 2024

    The French insurer reported higher profits but lower premium income for 2023

  • SFDR's greenwashing risks and millions in costs raise insurer alarm bells

    21 February 2024

    Insurers have described the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation as good in principle, but worrying in practice. Joshua Geer reports