This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Chris walks us through the key trends in half-year results.
• Ronan shares what CROs see as the top emerging risks.
• Martin discusses the ransomware incident that led to an insurer's collapse.
• Plus, we ask the InsuranceERM team: What would you do with a booming solvency ratio if you were running an insurer?

• Check out the ⁠⁠InsuranceERM’s tech guide here⁠⁠

• Listen to our monthly show ⁠⁠“Is Insurance Boring” ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.⁠⁠

For anything else insurance risk and capital, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠InsuranceERM⁠⁠.⁠⁠

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Chris, Ronan and Sarfraz tell us about the M&A wave sweeping across insurance with the news of the week: Brookfield agreeing a £2.4bn Just Group acquisition
  
• David tells us about Japan's insurance industry and how it is preparing for "the big one"
• Martin updates us about his time at Inigo's cricket festival. Join Lloyd's cricket club here

• Check out the ⁠InsuranceERM’s tech guide here⁠

• ⁠Enter InsuranceERM’s ⁠⁠climate and sustainability awards here⁠.⁠⁠
• Listen to our monthly show ⁠⁠“Is Insurance Boring” ⁠here⁠.⁠⁠

For anything else insurance risk and capital, check out ⁠⁠⁠InsuranceERM⁠.⁠⁠

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Chris gives us an update on mass lapse reinsurance finally becoming a level playing field
• Martin tells us a about the ⁠UK government banning ransomware payments for critical industries
• Ronan updates us on the UK regulator’s review of retail insurance markets
• Check out the InsuranceERM’s tech guide here

• Read about Knights of Old going into administration after cyber attack
• Enter InsuranceERM’s ⁠⁠climate and sustainability awards here.⁠⁠
• Listen to our monthly show ⁠⁠“Is Insurance Boring” here.⁠⁠

For anything else insurance risk and capital, check out ⁠⁠InsuranceERM.⁠⁠

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Joshua gives us a Solvency II update before the EU goes into summer break
• Martin tells us a about the future of hurricanes in the US
• Ronan introduces us to the Italian natcat pool
• And Chris tells us about our actuarial modelling special report which you can download here

• Enter InsuranceERM’s ⁠climate and sustainability awards here.⁠
• Listen to our monthly show ⁠“Is Insurance Boring” here.⁠

For anything else insurance risk and capital, check out ⁠InsuranceERM.⁠

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Martin explains how today's perfect storm of volatility is affecting insurers.
• Joshua rounds up the key climate and sustainability developments from the past month.Chris walks us through the latest M&A moves in the UK life insurance sector.And Ronan explores the curious crossovers between politics and insurance.
• Plus, we ask the team: which celebrity or political figure would make the best C-suite insurance executive.

• You can read what Athora's Todd Solash had to say about Tackling Europe's retirement savings shortfall here

• Enter InsuranceERM’s climate and sustainability awardshere.
• Listen to our monthly show “Is Insurance Boring” here.

For anything else insurance risk and capital, check out InsuranceERM.

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Josh updates us on the news in London, as insurers prepare for the upcoming Climate Action Week
• Martin tells us about his time in Germany, and what Julia Wiens thinks about AI
• Ronan tells us about InsuranceERM's upcoming Webinar around the "Next frontier in climate risk modelling and stress testing"

• We ask the team, what sports event they'd sponsor, if they were an insurer

• ⁠Check out InsuranceERM's tech guide here⁠
• ⁠⁠Listen to our new monthly show "Is Insurance Boring?" here⁠⁠

For anything else Risk and Insurance, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠InsuranceERM.com.

Sarfraz speaks to Thomas Sullivan, former senior associate director at the US Federal Reserve who runs consultancy Sullivan Strategy and Advisory Services, about his role in shaping the US insurance regulatory sector and what he thinks of global rules today.

• AIG and the fallout from the global financial crisis of 2008
• The Federal regulator's role in the US insurance market
• The IAIS's ICS: the flaws in the rules
• Bermuda and international life markets
• Global regulations and the need to keep evolving

For anything else Risk and Insurance, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠InsuranceERM.com. ⁠

This episode was produced and edited by Sarfraz Thind

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Josh and Chris update us on what's new in the world of Solvency II.
• Ronan and Sarfraz analyse industry jargon, and where it does and doesn't make sense.
• We ask the team, what their dream InsureTech company/product would look like.
  

• Check out InsuranceERM's tech guide here
• ⁠Listen to our new monthly show "Is Insurance Boring?" here⁠

For anything else Risk and Insurance, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠InsuranceERM.com.

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Josh, Chris and Sarfraz discuss  pressure on insurance regulators to be less risk averse and the difference between US and EU regulation
• Martin breaks down the Eiopa "Mystery Shopping" exercise for EU IBIP sales.
• We ask the team, what they'd ask a regulator if they had to be completely honest

Listen to our new monthly show "Is Insurance Boring?" here

For anything else Risk and Insurance, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠InsuranceERM.com.

AI: our biggest friend or threat?

Sarfraz speaks to Cécile Paillard, group chief transformation officer at Generali and David Cis, group chief operating officer, to talk about the company’s work on AI.

• What is Generali doing with AI for its own business right now?
• How far can AI develop in insurance and what is its potential?
• Is AI a threat to the traditional world of human work?
• How do you regulate AI?
• AGI, or the prospect of AI surpassing human intelligence is mooted to happen in a few years. Should we be concerned?

For anything else Risk and Insurance, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠InsuranceERM.com.

This episode was produced and edited by Sarfraz Thind with help from Martin Assmann