General Insurance

The latest microchips mimic cerebral function. Smaller, faster and more efficient than their predecessors, they have the potential to save lives and help insurers, argues Amarnath Suggu

Ethical, varied and a growing market – ‘takaful’ Islamic insurance is worth knowing about, wherever you’re from and whatever your beliefs, says Ali Asghar Bhuriwala

It was only last year that the first anatomically correct female crash test dummy was created. With so much data still based on the male perspective, are we truly meeting all consumer needs? Adél Drew discusses her thoughts, based on the book Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

Vrishti Goel examines how data analytics could provide more personalised insurance products, for example within the motor insurance industry

Stefania Varnava and Yiannis Parizas examine the benefits of using agile methodology within the insurance industry

Massimo Cavadini, Davide Burlon and Gili Smadja discuss how automated machine learning is changing the role of the pricing actuary

Lawrence Habahbeh considers what a geopolitical risk framework for the 21st century would look like

Ciara Izuchukwu looks at the impending recession’s potential impacts for the insurance industry, and how companies can ensure they are well positioned to ride it out

Damiano Massimi and Thibault Imbert discuss the potential benefits of behavioural modelling in general insurance, particularly in combining it with price elasticity

Yiannis Parizas and Phanis Ioannou weigh up the benefits of open-source and commercial solutions for general insurance pricing