Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager, vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Swiss Re, tells Life Insurance International about the opportunities for insurers in the …
PRIIPS derogation – A false positive?
Frank Carr, chief marketing officer at Dublin-based Financial Risk Solutions (FRS), explains how for some manufacturers of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) regulation …
Dealing with the cyber attack risks facing insurers
Following the recent WannaCry ransomware attack, Hermes Marangos, a partner at London law firm Signature Litigation LLP, explains why cyber security is an immense challenge …
Brexit triggered – insurance industry stresses ‘planning is well underway’
The insurance industry has reacted swiftly to UK Prime Minister Theresa May triggering Article 50 and the official Brexit process by stressing that insurers’ planning process for Britain’s EU exit is …
Disruptive change in the US life and health insurance market
Tom Scales, head of Americas – life, annuity and health, at Celent, explains why these are turbulent times in the US insurance market for life insurance and, in particular, health insurance.…
Insurance implications of UK Spring Budget 2017 decoded
Insurance experts have given their reaction to the UK Spring Budget 2017 delivered by UK Chancellor Philip Hammond and analysed what it will mean for the British insurance market.…
5 strategies to grow the group life assurance market in 2017
Paul Avis, marketing director at Canada Life Group Insurance, analyses why recent legislative changes and Government policies have created significant opportunities for the UK group life assurance (GL…
5 key issues for protection insurers to consider in 2017
Ron Wheatcroft, technical Manager, Swiss Re UK & Ireland, reviews the key trends that shaped the protection insurance industry in 2016. He also highlights five key areas where focus is needed to …
Brexit: Deal or no deal
Brexits impact on M&A activity in the UK and European insurance industry is uncertain.
This is because the opposing factors at play make it difficult to provide a definitive verdict on how deal…
Brexit: Deconstructing the importance of passporting
The passport that provides the UK with access to the market for financial services within the EU has been the subject of many post-referendum discussions regarding the impact of Brexit on the UKs fin…