This week on IERM Weekly:

• Martin takes us inside the IFoA’s GIRO 2025 conference in Liverpool, sharing the standout sessions, surprises and big ideas shaping the actuarial world.
• Chris then breaks down the PRA’s much-anticipated stress tests.
• Ronan follows with a rapid rundown of the 2026 InsuranceERM Europe and UK Awards. You can enter here.

• The team also dives into the all-important question, which city has hosted the best IFoA conference in recent years: Liverpool, Edinburgh or Birmingham?

This week Josh unpacks the unfolding John Neal and Lloyd’sgovernance story, breaking down what has happened, what is known and what it means for the market.

Sarfraz brings his reflections on the growing influence ofprivate equity in insurance and the pressures it is creating across the sector.

And Ronan delivers a special report on the murky and oftenoverlooked world of insurance fraud.

Chris and Sarfraz give us an update on all things Funded Re, including highlights from InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk & Capital conference in Bermuda and at the Global Life Reinsurance conference in New York.

Meanwhile, back in the UK, Ronan talks about his time at the IFoA life conference in Edinburgh.

Joins us for InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference in London on the 2nd of December.

This week on IERM Weekly, Josh and Martin discuss the future of renewables insurance and the upcoming COP 30, while David tells us all about Australia's matching adjustment.

Check out ⁠InsuranceERM's climate awards winners

Martin, Ronan, Josh and David join us for a special Halloween episode of InsuranceERM Weekly.

Last chance to sign up for InsuranceERM's Global Life Reinsurance Americas conference next week!

Martin gives Ronan and Chris his full Baden-Baden review, including:

• Protesters disrupting Baden-Baden and turning the fountain green

• Munich Re warning of inflation, unrest and cyber gap

• German motor insurance is recovering, says Hannover Re

Ronan updates us on the InsuranceERM climate awards winners

• Martin and Josh discuss Chubb’s woke reputational challenges.
• And Ronan tells us how much actuaries are getting paid.

⁠Listen to our monthly show is ‘Is Insurance Boring’ here

This week on IERM Weekly:

• Joshua breaks down the latest sustainabilityshake-up at Lloyd’s of London.
• Chris takes us through another Solvency IIregulatory developments.
• Martin discusses the influence of privateequity.
• And Ronan gives us an update on the insurancetalent gap.

Listen to our monthly show is ‘Is Insurance Boring’ here

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Ronan discusses what the Irish insurance industry is thinking and talking about
• Josh explains what's new with national sustainability disclosures

• Martin tells us about a struggling German life insurer

• Check out InsuranceERM's Enterprise Risk Management Technology Guide 2025-26

• Listen to our monthly show 'Is Insurance Boring' ⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Ronan discusses what investors and insurance leaders had to say at InsuranceERM’s Insurance Risk & Capital Americas conference⁠⁠ about how the industry can navigate anew world order
• Chris informs us on the UK PRA’s speech on Funded Reinsurance and the super-complaint about the service policyholders receive from home and travel insurers.

• Martin tells us about his trip to Germany and what role private equity will play in the future

• Check out InsuranceERM's Enterprise Risk Management Technology Guide 2025-26
• Checkout Tim Freestone's article on the end of cyber risk ⁠⁠⁠here. ⁠⁠⁠
• Listen to our monthly show 'Is Insurance Boring' ⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠