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Japan's largest insurers improve profits and solvency in 2023/24

Japanese firms reveal progress on anti-price collusion measures

Tokio Marine is compelling its salespeople to reflect on "uncomfortable" policies

Danish regulator consults insurers on data ethics framework for AI

Finanstilsynet warns against "ethics-washing"

Japan steps forward with ICS-based capital framework

Japan is midway through development of a new capital framework that takes its lead from the Insurance Capital Standard. This should make it a beacon for international prudential rules, as the FSA's Shigeru Ariizumi explains to Sarfraz Thind

Global capital requirement for climate risks is crucial for transition

Japanese regulator recommends framing global warming as "a time bomb" to spur action

Japan's insurers see improved results after pandemic

Premiums rise and losses fall as insurers profit from product sales and investments

Danish regulator demands valuation insights from life insurers

Finanstilsynet wants feedback from life industry by July

Alpha Insurance enters bankruptcy – thanks to lowest of risks

‘Counterparty default’ played minimum role in company’s solvency capital requirement

Jan Parner quits Danish regulator to join pension fund

Becoming head of actuarial office at ATP

Brexit shifts debate on Solvency II reforms

Many see Solvency II rules as a largely British export to Europe, but once the UK leaves the EU, the remaining member states are likely to take the directive in a new direction. Callum Tanner reports