Editorials

Insurers, up against web giants
April 2021
After years of weaving their web, the GAFAMs1 are knocking on the door of insurers. This opening to the outside world by the web giants is a logical step in view of their command over the essentials of the insurance business, namely data, networks and capital.
The insurance business in the post-Covid-19 era
March 2021
The year 2020 has been challenging for insurers. It nevertheless ends with results that are certainly in decline, but still profitable for the majority of stakeholders.
2021, a transitional year for insurers
February 2021
Insurers who have, once again, resisted an exceptional event more devastating than those previously known, are apprehensively braving the year 2021.
Covid-19, insurers affected but not wrecked
January 2021
The disaster triggered by Covid-19 cannot be compared to either the 2008 financial crisis or the Second World War. It is a planetary, multisectoral crisis caused by a shock external to any financial, economic or military activity.
The teachings of Covid-19
December 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic, an unprecedented phenomenon in its scope and consequences, will inevitably leave lasting after-effects. Yet, beyond the different assessments and approaches adopted by the different countries, the current crisis is full of lessons.
The year of Covid-19
November 2020
The year 2020 shall always be remembered by insurers. The coronavirus that emerged in November 2019 spread rapidly from a localized contagious disease to a pandemic, bringing the global economy to a halt.
Covid-19, insurers back to worrying times
October 2020
Strained by low interest rates that torment them year-on-year, insurers are facing, as of 2020, an upsurge of unprecedented claims.
The pandemic risk, insurers’ future Eldorado
July 2020
A health crisis currently shifting into a global economic crisis, the pandemic triggered by Covid-19 is credited for clarifying the role of the various players in the insurance arena.
Aviation insurance in turmoil
June 2020
COVID-19 has triggered a devastating tsunami, leaving behind a trail of destruction. In the insurance sector, and with regard to impact, aviation stands as its first victim. Deemed as a micro market, accounting for just 0.025% of global premiums, including all classes of business, the survival of the aviation insurance is now at stake.
2020, the year of COVID-19
May 2020
Since January 2020, a virus, a microscopic infectious particle, has been creating chaos for four months, depicting an apocalyptic picture: confined population, economic activity at a standstill, closed borders, grounded planes and powerless science. Adding color, the virus that is devastating the United States and Europe originated from China, a new contender for world leadership.
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