Paul Walsh

Swiss Re forecasts global insurance markets will return to growth

The Swiss reinsurer predicted global premium volumes are set to exceed $7trn this year

CSU ups predicted 2023 North Atlantic hurricane activity

NZIA ditches all emissions targets for insurers

The alliance's target setting protocol will now act as a voluntary best practice guide

Insured French riot losses set to be under €1bn

DBRS Morningstar said the losses should be "manageable" for the French insurance industry

Perils tallies Emilia-Romagna flood losses in Italy at €377m

IFoA fires climate modelling warning to financial services sector

Models need to better capture risk drivers and uncertainties, an IFoA report has said

BMA finds insurers falling below capital targets post cyber stress

The Bermudian regulator released results of its prescribed cyber stress tests

Cresta puts insured losses from Turkish-Syria earthquakes at $5bn

Cresta said the sequence of earthquakes caused the largest international insured catastrophe losses, in 2023 so far

Few insurers fully quantify Ukraine war's impact in their SFCRs

But LCP did note higher quality discussions about the conflict's secondary impacts

LCP's Charl Cronje joins expert Ogden rate panel

A response to the UK government's consultation on a possible dual/multiple Ogden rate is expected by July