Joshua Geer

With £1b of UK pet payouts in 2022, insurers raise the woof

Southern US states endure $5.5bn insured loss from hail and wind, KCC estimates

The severe convective storm outbreak lasted from 10 to 19 June

Mass policy surrenders remain a blight on Europe's life insurers

But reinsurers are stepping in to help manage lapse risk, and the EU's insurance chief is sanguine about the threat, as Christopher Cundy and Joshua Geer report

Insurers lose Covid-19 business interruption case in UK High Court

The ruling could affect hundreds of thousands of policyholders

Bank of England launches landmark market wide stress test

The Bank cited September 2022's gilt crisis as an example of sudden liquidity stress during market volatility

Risks facing D&O insurers gathering pace, says Kennedys

ESG, Spac and technology are among the sources of such perils

Divergent views and rising rates cool progress on EU's Solvency II reforms

One year has passed since the European Parliament's Econ committee issued its draft text on the Solvency II reforms. Joshua Geer and Christopher Cundy investigate why the agenda has not progressed - and when a breakthrough might occur

Texas hailstorm insured losses exceed $1bn say KCC

Generali snaps up Liberty Seguros in €2.3bn deal

WTW: Lloyd's market getting "concrete returns" from digital transformation investment

The market is beginning to deliver operational efficiencies, research from the consultancy said.