Group Risk

Spectrum.Life has promoted Ellie Janik to the role of director of client success.  Janik was previously the strategic customer success manager when she started at Spectrum.Life at the beginning of the year. ...

Broadstone has announced the appointment of Rob Kerry as actuarial director from Utmost. He joins Broadstone’s insurance, regulatory and risk division within its life insurance team which delivers a range of actuarial...

Life insurance premium increases will "slow significantly" to 1% this year across the globe, according to the Swiss Re Institute. According to Swiss Re Institute's World Insurance sigma, following a strong 2024,...

Howden Asia has announced the appointment of Hamish Ravindran as chief client officer for Asia. Ravindran has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, spanning underwriting, client services, and...

Chesnara plc has today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire HSBC Life (UK) Ltd for £260m.  Completion is expected in early 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals.  The...

Canada Life has appointed Emma Watkins (pictured) as UK CEO, effective from 1 September 2025, subject to regulatory approval. Watkins' appointment follows a decade at Scottish Widows, where she most recently served...

Taking ownership of projects can help insurer leadership cross silos to embrace technology developments and work together, hears Owain Thomas   Download the roundtable supplement for the discussion by following this link.  ...

Robert Kennedy is being promoted to CEO for Howden UK and Ireland, replacing Carl Shuker who will become deputy chairman.  Kennedy is currently CEO of Howden Ireland and will take up his...

Unum has been using artificial intelligence (AI) to help it identify policy definitions in its group risk products which can be improved. The insurer has also cut claims decision times for cancer...

MetLife and Sprout.ai will be expanding their work to speed-up claims automation beyond Latin America to other global markets including the US and Asian territories. The insurer said the move was part...