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Monument Re completes acquisition of Contassur portfolio

Regulators' 2024 priorities: Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands

Insurance regulators explain why third-party IT risk, credit risk, sustainability and managing silent cyber coverage will be among their top concerns this year. Ronan McCaughey reports

Ageas to get new group CRO from June

Emmanuel Van Grimbergen to take on reinsurance/investment role

Germany faces up to climate protection gap

Germans agree they faced climate change front-on when storm Bernd hit in 2021. Two years on, they are somewhat less united on exactly how best to respond. David Walker reports

Inflation plagues German insurers' full year results

One insurer also noted the zeitgeist for repairing goods, rather than throwing them away

AI needs more regulation, say IAIS members

But overregulation must be watched, says NAIC's Beth Dwyer

Françoise Gilles replaces Renaud Guidée as Axa's group CRO

Several reassignments revealed, and CUO position created, in top-level reshuffles

ITAS and Poste Vita buy mass lapse reinsurance after surrenders jump

Deals boost capital position as life insurers face competition from other products

Gothaer natcat losses shrink as Bernd effect recedes

Bernd's 30.6% COR portion was firm's highest in over 180 years

Belgium's insurance regulator targets liquidity and credit risk in 2023

Monitoring the macro-environment's impact on insurers will also be a core focus