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IFRS 17 annuity accounting decision approved by IASB

Accounting standards board also considers clarifications on multi-currency contracts

China's insurers suffer expected fall in solvency as C-Ross Phase II takes effect

CBIRC says ratios "remain within a reasonable range"

R.I.P. traditional life insurance

Low interest rates killed off European life insurance products that offered policyholders guaranteed annual returns. Even now as rates rise, David Walker finds practitioners are ready to bury the concept

Insurers likely to face growing regulatory and capital developments

Fitch points to tighter standards for systemic insurers and climate risk as high priority areas

Suncorp boosts nat cat budget by A$200m as flooding hits Australia

S&P Global expects "continued upward pressure" on industry's reinsurance rates

Barnett Waddingham hires Markel's former head of capital

Julien Masselot will join the consultancy as head of capital and risk

LCP recruits longevity expert Stuart McDonald

He helped to found the Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group

UK regulators publish climate change reference tool for actuaries

Report from the Joint Forum on Actuarial Regulation explains role actuaries can play

Impact Forecasting expands climate analytics in flood models

German insurers prove resilient to natcat risk