Archive

  • Insurance Europe warns against imposing climate risk scenarios in Orsas

    06 January 2021

    European stress testing may be a better tool, says the trade body

  • ICS capital calculations: onerous, uncertain, but growing in relevance

    14 December 2020

    The global Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) requires yet more modelling work for insurers and some of its rules for calculating capital are vague. It's currently a low priority for insurers and investors, but UK firms in particular should watch closely. Christopher Cundy reports

  • IAIS reveals four Japanese insurers as internationally active insurance groups

    09 December 2020

    Dai-Ichi Life, MS&AD Insurance Group, Sompo and Tokio Marine have been named

  • IAIS considers how to integrate diversity into its work

    04 December 2020

    Annual conference touches on ways to address race and discrimination in insurance

  • Western & Southern's Todd Henderson: a year for living safely

    03 December 2020

    Western & Southern's CRO says he is happy to be boring. Yet the work he has done in 2020 has been anything but. He talks to Sarfraz Thind about negotiating the Covid-19 pandemic and discusses the risks for both underwriting and assets

  • Policymaker issues call for more risk data for Asia's insurers

    03 November 2020

    Malaysian deputy PM launches industry/academic partnership

  • US bipartisan bill aims to reform NFIP

    19 October 2020

    Bill argues for National Flood Insurance Program to be put on "stronger financial footing"

  • Pandemic risk pools should be quick fixes, not all-encompassing

    14 October 2020

    Industry experts at Iftrip event said pandemic risk is too complex and costly to be addressed wholesale

  • Expect insurers to integrate climate change in Orsa, IAIS tells supervisors

    14 October 2020

    IAIS launches consultation on supervision of insurers' climate-related risks

  • How actuaries can make a difference on climate risk

    14 October 2020

    Actuaries can play important roles in helping to address the challenges of climate-related risks, according to the International Actuarial Association. Ronan McCaughey reports