Archive

  • Moody's Analytics claims credit modelling first

    18 February 2014

    RiskFrontier 4.0 enables "bottom-up" consideration of credit and interest rate risk for the first time

  • FCA dices with actuaries in annuity profits probe

    14 February 2014

    The UK's Financial Conduct Authority wants to make the annuity markets more competitive, but tackling excess profitability and price differentiation may be a bigger challenge than it thinks. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Hester's appointment to ease RSA investor worries

    05 February 2014

    Sale of non-core assets expected, says analyst

  • Pricing of less risky cat bonds steadies

    22 January 2014

    Investors approaching "minimum threshold", suggests Swiss Re

  • RSA regaining 'A' rating "vital" for business

    21 January 2014

    Insurer was downgraded by S&P in December following Irish issues

  • ComFrame's second draft shows improvement, but issues remain

    17 January 2014

    Global capital standard questioned

  • Panizza overhauls Generali's risk management

    10 January 2014

    After some torrid years, Italian insurer Generali is undergoing a massive transformation aimed at restoring its profitability. Chief risk officer Sandro Panizza explains to Christopher Cundy how, one year into the job, he is changing the risk management function

  • RSA confident Irish problem limited to £200m

    08 January 2014

    The insurer expects impact of claims and financial irregularities to meet earlier forecast

  • "EU insurers looking to sell or de-risk life businesses"

    27 December 2013

    Marc Beckers of Aon Benfield Analytics comments on events of the last 12 months and what 2014 has in store

  • Scor renews contingent capital facility with UBS

    23 December 2013

    French reinsurer will issue new shares in the event of major catastrophe