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Italian motor insurance caught out by inflation

Motor insurers may suffer underwriting losses as claim costs rise and premiums stagnate

MS Amlin Underwriting fined nearly £10m for governance and risk management failings

Prudential Regulation Authority takes action on events from 2014 to 2019

Cat modellers celebrated at London Catastrophe Modelling Awards

Ledger Investing aims to crack the casualty ILS code

Led by ex-AIG chief risk officers, Ledger Investing is entering the relative unknown in connecting insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors with casualty risks. Paul Walsh reports

Insurers under pressure to halt cover for Australian gas field expansion

Ichthys is one of the world's most complex liquefied natural gas projects

Plenty of runway left for life consolidation in Europe

The business of consolidating life insurance portfolios is looking healthy, according to participants, as inflation provides a catalyst and supervisors become more familiar with transactions. Joshua Geer reports

The UK gilts crisis: a worry, not a disaster, for insurers

Plunging sterling and soaring gilt yields are buffeting insurers, but longer-term impacts of the government's disastrous "mini budget" are the real concerns, as Sarfraz Thind reports

Insurers at risk of mis-modelling Ian's storm surge in Florida, says Guy Carpenter

Complex coastal canal networks make modelling tough

Zurich Nordics names Marina Stolin as CRO

US Senators grill regulators over private equity ownership and climate

This month's US Senate Banking Committee hearing on insurance shone a light on where politicians have the biggest concerns about the sector. Sarfraz Thind reports