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Ascot's Steve Guijarro: when to stay old school, or go new school

Ascot's US chief risk officer and group head of exposure management Steve Guijarro talks to Paul Walsh about the fundamentals needed to address extreme weather, the "low hanging fruit" of AI and private equity's increasing influence on insurance

Wildfires and typhoons send South Koreans' foreign business into the red

Japanese insurer doubles risk exposure to earthquake damage

Swiss Re expects a deceleration in motor premiums as inflation eases

It said more adequate pricing and rising investment returns means competition is intensifying

JBA and Addresscloud map flood risk of buildings in Europe

US National Science Foundation and FIO to fund terrorism and cyber cat modelling research

The parties are seeking research proposals designed to improve modelling of these perils

Insured losses from Gulf floods may exceed $1bn

New Zealand regulator warns of unaffordability of cover from risk-based pricing trend

Change from community-based approach could come quickly, RBNZ warns

Neuflize Vie points to lapse risk as solvency hits 126%

Competition is "fierce" with banks, and between life firms, says Axa-owned undertaking

Allstate plans to return to California

But only when reforms are implemented and if the rates are right