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Scor seals £1.7bn longevity swap with Balfour Beatty Pension Trust

It follows a £5.5bn longevity risk deal by the reinsurer earlier this year

Scor backs Fijian parametric insurance solution

Greater need for insurer climate risk capital, says Scor CEO

Laurent Rousseau said regulators had started to become much more focused on the issue

Six ways insurers can make DE&I real and relevant

US insurance experts at the Insurance Risk & Capital Americas conference explained how they are fostering diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) within the industry, and ways to build momentum. Ronan McCaughey writes

Insurers under pressure to halt cover for Australian gas field expansion

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

Zurich CFO welcomes "unexpected benefits" of IFRS 17

George Quinn forecasts a smooth transition to the 2023 accountancy standard

RVS 2022: emerging risks are fattening the tail

The interconnectedness of emerging risks threatens to exacerbate extreme losses for reinsurers. Paul Walsh reflects on the discussions at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo

Scor CEO: IFRS 17 will force us into improving value explanation

During RVS 2022, Laurent Rousseau warned to expect more volatility in financial metrics

Covid-19 is still impacting top European reinsurers

AM Best report shows combined ratios improving for the "big four"

Data standardisation is the key reinsurance innovation

Scor's Daniel Duesterhaus said reinsurers shouldn't be too distracted by emerging risks