Beijing's financial regulator wants insurers to hold five times more capital to operate, open the door to equities and gold, and give itself sharper tools to unwind failing companies
Stephen Owens Sep 05, 2026
Coverage and pricing are there in a soft market, Arch's Jarrod O'Connor says, but face-to-face engagement outside the capitals is not
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The December 31 deadline is shorter than APRA originally signalled - an issue that forced D2A offline in March brought the whole migration timeline forward, and the same operational teams managing it are also absorbing a dense prudential reform agenda
The distance between an insurer’s AI deployment and its documented governance leaves brokers placing cover against risks neither party has formally assessed
Scam-related liability is now enforceable and cross-sectoral, but the coverage frameworks brokers rely on were written before either of those conditions existed
The preliminary figure extends beyond marine, while Lloyd's sees softer pricing and a return of major losses as separate threats to performance
A sustained rise in vulnerable road user fatalities puts the actuarial inputs for an entire motor insurance segment at risk ahead of the next premium-setting cycle
Cover tier decisions that determine public hospital demand are being made at the kitchen table rather than through a professional review
How brokers can protect themselves and clients as environmental exposures reshape the risk landscape
