Archive

  • Environmentalists slam US insurers for backing coal

    03 December 2018

    Asia-Pacific firms fare slightly better; Swiss Re and Axa earn top marks

  • Why virtual reality tech could be a game changer for insurance

    08 November 2018

    'The future is bright for insurance, the future is virtual'. That was the optimistic sentiment at a recent Lloyd's event to demonstrate the exciting possibilities for virtual, augmented reality and mixed reality technologies in the insurance industry. Ronan McCaughey explains

  • Deal value for global insurance M&A highest since financial crisis

    31 October 2018

    However, volume fell to just 84 deals in H1, the lowest since 2009

  • Outsourcing failures cost Liberty Mutual £5.3m

    30 October 2018

    UK regulator issues fine for poor oversight of claims and complaints

  • Liberty draws on client demand to raise fine art capacity

    03 October 2018

    The increased line size will be available worldwide through the insurer’s fine art and specie underwriters

  • Munich Re defends coal practice

    09 July 2018

    Firm has no threshold for coal underwriting but assesses all risks

  • Insurers caught in crossfire of Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline

    31 May 2018

    Unfriend Coal has urged insurers to stop backing tar sands projects

  • Bermuda and Luxembourg increase insurance registrations

    02 March 2018

    Luxembourg continues to benefit from Brexit effect

  • Mapfre transfers selected US personal lines business to Liberty Mutual

    22 February 2018

    Transaction makes good on group's goal to expand profitably

  • UK insurers pressed to join government's gender balance initiative

    15 February 2018

    Eight firms named and shamed by Treasury Committee chair