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PE and insurance: perception versus reality
21 June 2024Private equity and alternative asset manager-owned life insurers have been accused of making risky investments and running opaque businesses intent on making a fast buck. The facts may not bear this out, as Sarfraz Thind reports in the first of a two-part article
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The end of the road for matching adjustment reforms
18 June 2024The long journey to update the UK's version of the Solvency II matching adjustment is finally complete. Nick Ford summarises the implications of the changes and what's in store for life insurers
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Consolidated results: how Medvida Partners completes deals in a tough environment
17 June 2024Europe's life insurance consolidators are under close scrutiny by regulators, but Antonio Trueba tells David Walker how his firm has cleared the hurdles - and why the market is set to thrive
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Athora's Mike Wells: regulators have given us permission to grow
14 June 2024CEO of the major European life insurance and pensions group comments on IFRS 17, regulatory change and consumer trends. Joshua Geer reports
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CRO of the year Americas: Halina von dem Hagen
13 June 2024Halina von dem Hagen sees risk everywhere. But her many years of insurance experience have told her the best way to meet it is not through avoidance, but structure.
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Your CEO asks to cut the costs of risk and compliance. What do you do?
11 June 2024Being asked to look at the cost of risk and compliance isn't necessarily a threat. Instead, it can provide an opportunity to move the functions from adolescence into adulthood, argues Justin Elks
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Global Atlantic's transformational technology officer
07 June 2024Padma Elmgart talks to Sarfraz Thind about her work in modernising the tech structure of the fast-growing US annuity provider
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TNFD blossoms in Japan as insurers begin nature reporting journey
05 June 2024Joshua Geer reports on how firms in Japan and beyond are approaching the task of disclosing nature-related risks and opportunities
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CROs' secrets of success for managing third-party and digital risks
31 May 2024Risk experts explain how insurers can improve operational and third-party risk management, what works for them, and the impact of new regulations in this area. Ronan McCaughey reports
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Life ILS markets feel the heat from high rates
29 May 2024It has been a tough period for the life insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, afflicted by higher interest rates and unexpected losses. But participants are hopeful of a revival, as Christopher Cundy reports