News

• Prominent blockchain projects "lacking purpose"

  14 June 2022

  Hannover Re's Stefan Sperlich warned some ventures were needlessly incorporating the technology

• UK life firms must be able to re-accept ceded risk, PRA warns

  14 June 2022

  Life firms have highly capitalised longevity risk relative to credit risk, the UK regulator says

• Local ceding skyrockets in Russia as foreign commercial sanctions bite

  14 June 2022

  Numerous nations stopped reinsuring Russian assets when Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine

• EU committee shocked as Ferber deletes climate measures in Solvency II reforms

  14 June 2022

  German MEP says green-supporting factors are "beyond his imagination".

• Verisk: insurers must focus on inflation during hurricane season

  13 June 2022

  The US data analytics provider said an increase in cost of materials and labour contributed to unusual market pricing in 2021

• South Korean insurers given capital relief in bumpy investment markets

  13 June 2022

  Paper bond losses trigger solvency re-think by regulator

• Esure Group names Helen Cooper as CRO

  10 June 2022

  She will drive enterprise risk management and support the insurer's digitalisation drive

• Volatility is here to stay, says Evan Greenberg

  10 June 2022

  Chubb's CEO opines on stagflation, social inflation and private equity

• US and Europe close to agreement on ICS comparability

  09 June 2022

  Obstacles could be nearing resolution, says ABI

• Private equity giant Blackstone finds "no reason" to put insurers on balance sheet

  09 June 2022

  Chief operating officer Jonathan Gray says firm is happier as an asset manager