Legal
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The watchdog’s new product governance rules could be a catalyst for big change in the UK general insurance market. -
What natural disasters and calamities aren’t doing in New York, the state’s legislature just might.
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Nicola Parton, head of P&C Business Management at Swiss Re, explains how the rapid growth of third-party litigation funding could threaten the affordability – and even insurability – of some liability risks.
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Ripples from the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures will impact insurance asset management: from asset allocation and manager selection decisions to more onerous data management and reporting requirements.
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The London Market Group wants to see nuanced refinement of the Solvency II UK regime. Unnecessarily burdensome requirements should be scaled back leaving what is actually important to clients, supervisors and firms.
Insuance Asset Management
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Inflation risk is potentially quickening the Fed's rate hiking schedule becoming a key driver of downside economic risk, said Jake Meyer, senior economist with Swiss Re Institute.
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Low interest rates and market volatility have pushed insurance asset managers into less familiar territory during the pandemic. Though appetite for alternative asset classes and responsible investing seems here to stay.
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As the pandemic continues to hamper shipping and disrupt labor, demand-driven inflation is likely to continue, said Michel Leonard, vice president, senior economist and data scientist, Insurance Information Institute.
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Their size and diversified nature can foster long‑term change.
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Inflation concerns are highest in decades.
