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2024 trends: Private equity and insurance

InsuranceERM's editorial team review key developments that shaped the insurance market in 2023 and provide insight on the year ahead

NN Group agrees €360m settlement over unit-linked mis-selling case

The Court of Appeal in the Hague ruled against the Dutch insurer in September 2023

Misinformation/disinformation jumps to top of WEF's short-term global risks list

Climate and environmental risks dominate long-term list

Generali expects green bonds to represent 40% of debt by year end

Italian insurer issues sixth and seventh green bonds

Insured natcat losses drop $30bn in 2023, despite on trend $250bn disaster toll

Once again North America recorded the highest losses worldwide, according to Munich Re

Unfair to treat PE-insurers differently based solely on ownership

Regulations must not focus on "who they are but on how they act," says Lawrence Hamilton

Law change prompts Swiss Re debt downgrade

AM Best says senior unsecured debt now ranked below policyholders in insolvency scenario

2024 trends: Solvency II and Solvency UK

Total reinsurance capital expected to bounce back to $561bn

But the increase will not have a material impact on market conditions, AM Best says

Aviva UK unit is one of just seven insurers building solvency every year under Solvency II

Insurance Risk Data analysed 974 undertakings' solvency data since 2016