This week, a covered agreement between Europe and the US was announced after prolonged discussions, and could potentially greatly enhance international reinsurance regulation.

It was a relatively quiet period for the global insurance market over the Christmas and New Year festive time, but there were some important happenings.

The inaugural Insurance Investment Exchange Awards aim to shine the spotlight on a vital function and group of people that are absolutely central to the success of the insurance industry but all too frequently sit in the background.

Christmas may be coming, but it had a far from festive feel to it as speakers, panelists and audience explored the theme for the Insurance Investment Exchange’s December event – Ghosts of Christmas past, present and future: At the crossroads of uncertainty and solvency.

Christmas may be coming, but it had a far from festive feel to it as speakers, panelists and audience explored the theme for the Insurance Investment Exchange’s December event – Ghosts of Christmas past, present and future: At the crossroads of uncertainty and solvency.

Economic commentators and financial analysts may be struggling to position the prospect of an uplift in inflation as a threat or a boost to economic stability and prosperity, but insurance investment professionals seem to be rather more certain in this response to the re-emerging economic phenomenon.