Paul Walsh

• B3i blockchain initiative chooses platform to build applications

  18 June 2018

  Insurance industry group to use Corda platform developed for financial services

• French insurer targets improved consistency by mutualising its business

  08 June 2018

  Groupama SA will become Groupama Assurance Mutuelles

• Marine insurance blockchain platform hopes to cut costs, risks and capital

  07 June 2018

  The world's first blockchain platform for the marine insurance sector was launched at the end of May. Paul Walsh sits down with some of the platform's leaders to discuss how it will save costs and reduce risk

  

• Moody's upgrades outlook for Chinese life insurance sector

  05 June 2018

  A slowdown in high-risk investments has contributed to an improved situation for China’s life insurance sector

• 2018 Atlantic hurricane season - the calm after the storm?

  01 June 2018

  Last year's Atlantic hurricane season was one of the most catastrophic in recent memory with insured losses estimated at over $130bn. Now 12 months later and on the first official day of the season, forecasters believe relative calmness awaits. But forecasters are often wrong. Paul Walsh reports.

  

• UK speciality market suffers costliest ever year in 2017

  01 June 2018

  Catastrophes cost market £4.5bn, up 9.4% on 2016, says EY

• Cyber risk still a struggle for insurers

  30 May 2018

  Progress in managing cyber risk exposures is continuing, but are insurers doing enough to convince regulators that they understand what they're doing? Paul Walsh reports

  

• Storm Alberto set to hit insurers for near $50m loss

  30 May 2018

  KCC says Alberto is the first named storm in the 2018 hurricane season

• Chubb secures partnership with cyber risk modelling platform

  25 May 2018

  CyberCube aims to improve Chubb’s understanding of cyber risks

• ABI appoints Direct Line risk head as its prudential committee chair

  23 May 2018

  Laurence Townley will replace the outgoing David Innes in the role