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  • Italy's life lapses have now peaked, says Moody's

    12 November 2024

    The ratings agency predicts Italian life surrender rates will decline through 2024 and into 2025

  • Swiss Re "thinks like a software company", proclaims CEO Andreas Berger

    12 November 2024

    Berger notes half of industry's secondary perils exposure only covered by models since 2019

  • Dutch rules to add additional layer of scrutiny to asset intensive deals

    12 November 2024

    Local market is particularly well suited to asset intensive reinsurance, says Stibbe

  • Flood defences are up to 10 times cheaper than rebuilding, says Swiss Re

    11 November 2024

    The reinsurer expects flood risks to increase due to climate change and urban sprawl

  • California legal ruling could cost state's life insurers $22.4bn

    11 November 2024

    McHugh decision to have far-reaching implications for life insurer viability, report finds

  • Eiopa opens consultation on mass-lapse reinsurance

    11 November 2024

    The consultation will also consider reinsurance agreements' termination clauses

  • Social inflation and PFAS risk named as key threats for US casualty market

    11 November 2024

    AM Best experts warn of mounting pressures in the sector

  • Spain's crop insurers add to claims staff, and make donations, to help flood-hit farmers

    11 November 2024

    More than 10,000 farmers affected by October storms

  • Convex CEO calls for carriers to increase value as brokers gain ground

    08 November 2024

    Need to boost operational efficiency is key, says Paul Brand

  • Eiopa chair reveals divisions on extra capital requirements for insurers' fossil fuel assets

    08 November 2024

    European insurers have also raised concerns with the proposals