Insurance business transfers will provide a revolutionary new tool to any entity with U.S. run-off liabilities, and actuaries are ideally suited to play the key role of Independent Expert.

This paper summarises a number of the most material developments affecting unit-linked insurance business that occurred during 2018 and which remain areas of ongoing focus.

Companies are becoming more interested in seeking the most efficient ways to protect themselves from cyber risks, particularly considering new data protection regulations.

It is worth considering what impacts Hurricane Matthew may have on the insurance-linked securities market and on alternative capital investors more generally.

Given the volatile political – not to mention atmospheric – winds, it is a good time for an overview of insurance governance and challenges in one of the world’s riskiest catastrophe zones.

The rise of collateralized reinsurance and what it means for the future of insurance-linked securities.