InsuranceERM Podcasts

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly, we go global.

• Chris looks at the European Commission’s proposed “climate insurance alliance” and the challenge of closing Europe’s nat cat protection gap.
• David heads to China, where five state-owned insurers are set to receive a combined $10.4bn capital injection, before taking us to Bondi Beach for a rather different reflection on climate risk, insurance and political division.
• And Josh reports from New York after InsuranceERM’s Risk and Capital Americas conference, where offshore reinsurance, geopolitics, AI and third-party risk all pointed towards one increasingly important theme: interconnectedness.

Martin Assmann is heading to Monaco for this year’s Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre.

After spending the week at pre-RVS briefings and preview events, he joins Joshua Geer to talk through the mood heading into the conference, the pressure on reinsurance pricing and terms, record levels of capital, and the key themes he’ll be watching on the ground.

This week on InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Martin looks at the brewing battle between Germany’s life insurers and neobrokers over a €225bn pension pot
• Anna asks why London market firms are increasingly looking beyond the capital for talent,
• Joshua explores why geopolitical shocks are rarely the end of the story for insurers

In this special summer episode of InsuranceERM Weekly,

• Martin dives into the increasingly tangled relationship between life insurers, private equity, private credit, offshore reinsurance and the AI investment boom, and asks whether the industry is quietly building the foundations of what Burry calls a “budding credit apocalypse”.
• Then, David heads offshore to examine Apollo’s changing tune on the Cayman Islands, private markets and insurance regulation
• Ronan gives a final update on InsuranceERM’s 2026/27 Technology Guide.

This week on Insurance Weekly:

• The UK actuarial profession threatens to walk away from its European counterpart,
• Zurich faces a Swiss regulatory crackdown over control failures
• Funded reinsurance pushes deeper into continental Europe.
• Plus, as wildfires spread across Europe, we ask whether insurers and politicians are doing enough to prepare the public for escalating climate risks.

This week on the InsuranceERM Weekly ,

• Martin looks at Germany’s pension reform proposals and the debate over insurers’ role in funded retirement provision.
• Anna tells us about Marsh’s Rising Professionals event in London
• Ronan explains how to enter the InsuranceERM Climate Risk and Sustainability Awards 2026
• And Josh reflects on London Climate Action Week

This week on IERM Weekly, we look at the growing clash between insurance supervisors and industry calls for a more competitive regulatory environment.

Martin reports from Berlin, where German insurers warned that regulation has gone too far, while Josh explores whether European supervisors should follow the UK in adopting a competitiveness mandate.

Anna unpacks the UK government’s review of the UK's Aberdeen-Stagecoach style deals, and Ronan rounds up the winners from the InsuranceERM Americas Awards.

In this episode of InsuranceERM Weekly, Chris Cundy is joined by Anna, Ronan and Josh to unpack the main themes from InsuranceERM’s Global Life Reinsurance Conference in London last week.

The team discusses the debate over funded re, international regulatory perspectives from the UK, EU, US and Bermuda, and the outlook for the pension risk transfer market.

They also reflect on Bermuda’s role, private credit, market innovation and, finally, tips for living a longer life too.

In this IERM Bonus episode, Joshua speaks to Jason Tassell, Senior Manager at Crowe, about using data models to predict the winner of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Jason explains how he built the model, what data went into it, why uncertainty still matters, and what football predictions can teach insurers and actuaries about model risk, assumptions and bias.

And, of course, Jason reveals which team the model thinks will win the World Cup.

In this episode of InsuranceERM Weekly,

• Anna explains how Middle East tensions, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and sanctions risk are creating complex challenges for specialty insurers.
• David reports on Italian life insurers, lapse risk and why falling spreads have helped keep policyholders in place.
• Josh then shares his takeaways from Brussels, where Solvency II implementation, IRRD, competitiveness, climate resilience, AI and the Savings and Investment Union are shaping the next phase of Europe’s insurance policy agenda.

On this week's episode of InsuranceERM Weekly:

• David gives us an update on what's currently going on in theJapan insurance market and when capital becomes too much.
• Ronan tells us about Super El Niño and this year's hurricane forecast.

• Martin explains how insurance is entering the TikTok world

In this episode of Insurance ERM Weekly,

• Anna and Joshua unpack how the UK Pension Schemes Act could reshape the pension risk transfer market. They also explore new research on how insurance risk functions are being asked to do more with fewer resources.
• David Walker reports on sales conduct and governance issues in Japan’s life insurance market.

On this episode of InsuranceERM Weekly:

• Josh looks into the Lloyd's decision to end the Dive In festival
• Anna talks about the increasing talent risk in insurance
• David tells us about the German pension reform

In this episode of InsuranceERM In-Depth, Joshua Geer speaks with Cristiano Borean, group CFO of Generali Group, on how the insurance industry is being reshaped by technology, risk and structural change.
Recorded just after Generali’s latest results, Borean reflects on his journey from physicist to CFO, and how that background shapes his approach to managing complexity, capital and risk.
The conversation explores the evolving role of the CFO as a strategic partner, the growing impact of AI and data on finance and underwriting, and the major forces redefining insurance today – from climate and geopolitics to demographic shifts and private markets.
Borean also shares his views on IFRS 17, the rise of non-financial reporting, and why insurers have a critical role to play in supporting economic stability in an increasingly uncertain world.

In this special episode of InsuranceERM Weekly, editor Chris Cundy sits down for a fireside chat with Fausto Parente, outgoing executive director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa).

Recorded live at the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA Conference in London, the conversation explores the final stages of the Solvency II review, the European Commission’s push to reduce regulatory burdens while supporting growth and the role supervisors can play in narrowing Europe’s widening natural catastrophe protection gap.

Parente also reflects candidly on regulatory priorities as he approaches the end of his second term at Eiopa.

In this festive special of InsuranceERM Weekly, host Joshua checks his voicemail to hear reflections from Martin, Christopher and Ronan on the defining risk themes of 2025.

From the growing severity of ransomware losses, to the rise of catastrophe risk pools and the stalling momentum of DEI, each message offers a clear-eyed assessment of what the year revealed - and what may lie ahead for insurers in 2026.

In this week’s episode of InsuranceERM Weekly, Ronan and Josh delve into a month dominated by climate discussions, industry gatherings and standout achievements across the Asia-Pacific insurance market.

Also, Chris delivers a special report on how UK regulation is affecting mutual insurers. The episode closes with the Question of the Week: If you could win any award, what would it be?

Join Josh, Sarfraz, Martin, Chris and Ronan as they break down the key moments from this week’s InsuranceERM Risk & Capital EMEA Conference in London.

In this special debrief, the team explores the standout discussions on AI, climate change, market movements, regulatory pressures and the broader themes shaping the future of insurance risk and capital.

Expect on-the-ground reactions and a concise roundup of the key moments from the event.

This week Josh unpacks the unfolding John Neal and Lloyd’sgovernance story, breaking down what has happened, what is known and what it means for the market.

Sarfraz brings his reflections on the growing influence ofprivate equity in insurance and the pressures it is creating across the sector.

And Ronan delivers a special report on the murky and oftenoverlooked world of insurance fraud.