Paul Walsh

Articles by Paul Walsh

  • QBE chief optimistic despite Covid-19 hit

    22 July 2020

    The Australian insurer is forecasting a net statutory loss of $750m in H1

  • New risks and rising claims hampering US cyber profitability

    22 July 2020

    AM Best noted growth in this market had slowed significantly since 2017

  • Insurtech weekly: Swiss Re; Direct Line; Previsico; Lemonade; Evertas

    21 July 2020

    InsuranceERM rounds up all the developments in the fast-moving world of insurtech

  • FCA BI test case gets underway in High Court of Justice

    20 July 2020

    Insurers including Hiscox, RSA and Zurich are taking part in the test case

  • Topdanmark's profit nosedives in H1

    17 July 2020

    Collapse in investment returns affects life and non-life business

  • Insurers urged to clarify policy wording and make exclusions "abundantly clear"

    16 July 2020

    Lawyer cited an instance of one insurer with 28 different forms of pandemic cover within business interruption clauses

  • French regulator calls for insurers to separate chair and CEO roles

    16 July 2020

    The move increases pressure on Scor and Covéa to address the issue

  • S&P Global: second Covid-19 wave would erode insurers' capital

    14 July 2020

    Insurers' capital positions and asset portfolios are under greater threat in the event of a second spike

  • Insurtech weekly: DFV; Concirrus; Qomplx; Allianz Life; Sompo; Omniscience; Insurity; Praedicat; Hiscox

    14 July 2020

    InsuranceERM rounds up all the developments in the fast-moving world of insurtech

  • WR Berkley forecasts $145m of Q2 cat losses

    13 July 2020

    Covid-19, civil unrest and severe weather in the US drove losses