Archive

  • UK GAAP could be aligned with IFRS 17 by the early 2030s

    27 July 2023

    BDO's Mark Spencer says firms can begin preparing now for change in accounting standard

  • Countries delaying IFRS 17 implementation risk creating disaster, warns IASB chair

    27 July 2023

    Andreas Barckow praises insurers for efforts in communicating accounting changes

  • Insuring AI

    24 July 2023

    To its knowledge, Munich Re was the first insurer in the world to start insuring artificial intelligence risk. Iris Devriese speaks to Sarfraz Thind about how the business developed and the impact of Generative AI

  • Insurers warned of "cliff edge" from rapid advances in genomic diagnostics

    20 July 2023

    Polygenic testing is a game-changer with potential to disrupt insurance, says Jessica Chen

  • Germany faces up to climate protection gap

    20 July 2023

    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

  • Solvency II reform less damaging to solvency than Putin's war, one German life firm finds

    19 July 2023

    Ideal Leben stress-tests Solvency II reform and Russia-Ukraine war

  • Gallagher Re: above-average nat cat insured losses in H1

    19 July 2023

    The broker said severe convective storms dominated insurance industry payouts

  • L&G seals £1.8bn buy-in with United Utilities

    18 July 2023

    The insurer has written £6.7bn of pension risk transfer business in the UK year-to-date

  • Actuaries must find sweet spot of pricing for risk and societal ends

    11 July 2023

    DAV actuary Frank Schiller warns pricing for social acceptance alone can lead to anti-selection bias

  • Munich Re Specialty Group recruits Chika Aghadiuno as CRO

    07 July 2023

    She was previously Aviva's group enterprise risk director