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  • Global reinsurer capital continues inexorable climb

    11 April 2014

    New high reached of $540bn, says Aon Benfield

  • Investec's Impala hedging solution attracts insurers

    31 March 2014

    Interest growing for inflation and interest rate risk protection

  • Diversification and caution characterise insurers' 2014 asset strategies

    05 March 2014

    Another year of weak yields from bonds is prompting some insurers to continue diversifying their investment portfolios. But with predictions of weaker equity markets and continuing low interest rates, others are battening down the hatches. Jamie Bullen and Christopher Cundy report

  • Praedicat launches liability risk modelling software

    11 February 2014

    CoMeta models emerging risks to help insurers spot "the next asbestos"

  • Rating agencies to profit from Solvency II data reporting

    11 February 2014

    Insurers require licences to report asset ratings to regulator

  • "Preparing for ORSA compliance will absorb substantial resources in 2014"

    08 January 2014

    Guy Carpenter's Donald Mango, vice chairman for enterprise analytics, and Markus Muller, risk management advisor EMEA, share their predictions for 2014 and reflections on 2013

  • Generali places €1.25bn bond

    08 January 2014

    Issuance was 7.5 times oversubscribed

  • "A big shift towards insurers focusing on customer outcomes"

    02 January 2014

    PwC's Jonathan Howe recalls the major talking points of 2013 and sets out insurers' challenges for 2014

  • Aegon transfers €1.4bn of longevity risk

    04 December 2013

    Insurer looks to reduce risk from future improvements in Dutch longevity

  • Non-life re/insurance premiums to grow in 2014 says Swiss Re

    29 November 2013

    Life reinsurance premiums expected to diminish in mature markets however