Technology

Tech Will Underpin Energy Sector Risk by 2025, Says New Report

Insurers will likely mandate risk-mitigating digital ecosystems for energy infrastructure by 2025, according to tech pioneer Akselos.  “Data driven platform technologies underpinned by engineering machine learning will usher in a new era of reliability and resilience, that […]

Global insurance trends

GlobalData Predicts Slowdown in Indian Motor Insurance Sector

Here’s the latest from GlobalData, who see tough times ahead in the Indian motor market. The Indian motor insurance business is expected to contract by 27.2% in 2020, a sharp decline from the 10.1% growth […]

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EIOPA Report on Financial Stability & Reinsurance Published

Today the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its July 2020 Financial Stability Report of the (re)insurance and occupational pensions sectors in the European Economic Area. During the last months, the Covid-19 outbreak […]

Insurance Regulation

DBRS Morningstar Comment: Climate Risk Will Be Part of Compliance Soon

DBRS Morningstar has released a commentary discussing the increasing focus on the impact of climate and environmental risks by bank regulatory authorities in Europe. In particular, we note that supervisory authorities have been releasing guidance […]

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Aon Report On M&A Activity Now Available

Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, and Mergermarket today released the latest in their continuing M&A Risk in Review report series. This exclusive survey of […]

InsureTech

Insurtech Investment: NTT Say Its All Going Swimmingly

Just like the Willis Towers report we posted earlier, NTT has also taken the insurtech temperature and found that things are cooking with gas right now. Here’s the press info; Insurtech investment hit $6.3 billion […]

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MAPFRE Report Offers Performance Snapshot & Covid Response

MAPFRE is among the top 15 insurance companies in Europe, according to the latest edition of the annual ranking prepared by MAPFRE Economics, MAPFRE’s research service. Specifically, it has remained unchanged since 2019, holding both […]

Global insurance trends

New Report Says Dutch Insurers a Little Too Dependent on Health Sector

The latest from GlobalData; Leading Dutch insurers are vulnerable to COVID-19 claims, as they are very dependent on the health segment. The Dutch life insurance market is extremely concentrated, with the top 10 players making […]