Editorials

Highlights
July 2019
The insurance news for the first quarter of 2019 have been predominantly marked by three topics: Brexit, regulatory pressure exerted on African and Middle Eastern insurers and Boeing 737 MAX problems.
Boeing insurers in turmoil
June 2019
Two air crashes, occurring within several months, were enough to rock the Boeing Empire, triggering an outstanding aviation event.
The impossible transfer of risks
May 2019
The history of historical monuments has been marred with fire, destruction and also associated with reconstruction. In France, as everywhere in the world, such incidents occurred countless times. The cathedrals of Reims in 1914, of Nantes in 1972 and recently of Paris fell prey to the ravaging effect of flames.
Poverty and natural disasters
April 2019
On March 15, 2019, a massive cyclone lashed Mozambique and Zimbabwe, claiming the lives of 800 people and displacing two millions, with cities devastated, infrastructures destroyed and epidemics ravaging entire regions.
FANAF, an exemplary organization
March 2019
FANAF, an entity designed to promote insurance at the continental level, that is the motto of the Pan-African organization which has just concluded its 43rd annual general assembly in Tunis. This is no fortuitous compliment but rather a reality that is being confirmed over the years.
2019, the year of all challenges
February 2019
With 2018 hardly gone, insurers have turned to the new year which is expected to be as challenging as ever.
Insurance in the United States, a complex organization
January 2019
By the end of 2017, with 300 million inhabitants, the United States of America are the world’s number one insurance market.
Reinsurance, the lingering war
December 2018
Despite an unfavorable environment, reinsurance continues to attract investors. The infatuation for the sector is accounted for by the poor performances reported by financial markets, strained by low interest rates.
Reinsurance in a stalemate
November 2018
Reinsurers’ woes are not over, with premiums' rates declining at an unstoppable pace. The improved results of 2018, a breath of fresh air for insurers, are now playing against them. The dark clouds hovering over their heads are more threatening than ever.
China’s awakening sends shockwaves around the world
October 2018
China is exceeding expectations. With fast-growing premiums, the establishment of large national groups, the constitution of a substantial shareholder’s equity, the controlled opening of the sector, that is how the Chinese insurance market played out at the end of 2017, a colossus not about to stop!
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