Archive

  • BarmeniaGothaer names next head of asset management unit

    14 March 2025

    Gerrit Heine will join from Munich Re

  • APAC Weekly - CIOs become a PR unit's best friend as affordability issues plague sector

    11 March 2025

    In earnings calls non-lifers are looking for 'good days to bury good news'

  • Australians start taking climate change (almost) as seriously as sport

    06 March 2025

    A tropical cyclone this week forced relocation of rugby matches, as the awful enormity of global warming finally dawns on the Aussies

  • APAC Weekly - How insurers' involvement with reinsurers is deepening, and broadening

    04 March 2025

    Not only a 'lifesaver' for APAC's CUOs, reinsurers are becoming targets for APAC CIOs

  • Why non-life CIOs may struggle in fight for APAC's spare capital

    24 February 2025

    An APAC bond yield of 2.4%? Or an insurance operation's 19%? Take your pick...

  • APAC Weekly - Whether it's CIOs, CEOs, or CUOs, the imperative these days seems to be "diversify!"

    18 February 2025

    From investments in China to underwriting risks in Japan, APAC's insurers are spreading their risks - with one notable exception

  • IAG lets alts and shares slide well below target range, to 22% of shareholders' funds

    13 February 2025

    Australasian non-lifer foresees no near-term return to previous target range of 40% to 50%

  • APAC Weekly - Why LA's burning matters for APAC insurers

    14 January 2025

    Wildfires reveal connectedness of global insurance industry

  • Comment: Disorderly to disastrous, Australia's energy transition lurches off-course (again)

    30 December 2024

    CIOs are now faced with more coal burning, while nuclear reactors get financed and built

  • Comment - Postcard from Downunder - 'Welcome to the Climate Crisis'

    28 November 2024

    Australia's insurers essentially told, fossil fuel production is making your product unaffordable