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• Skandia selects Moody's RiskIntegrity

  20 November 2013

  Swedish life insurer to use software to aid Solvency II compliance

• Axa places €350m cat bond

  16 October 2013

  The windstorm catastrophe bond is the largest euro-denominated issuance to date

• Investors welcome Swiss Re's solvency/hurricane contingent debt

  09 October 2013

  Reinsurer may repeat issuance for other perils

• PRA monitoring insurers for reaction to alternative capital influx

  02 October 2013

  But FCA oversees providers of alternative capital, says Julian Adams

• Reinsurers and brokers steeled for "post-convergence" markets

  10 September 2013

  The rise of alternative capital has been the talking point at this year's reinsurance Rendez-vous in Monte Carlo. The $45bn currently in play could double in next three years, but what will be the effect on pricing and how reinsurers and brokers operate? Christopher Cundy reports

• Loss of cat business to alternative capital "not all bad" for reinsurers

  04 September 2013

  Moody's sees signs of indiscipline in underwriting

• Reinsurance capital influx raises government interest in cat coverage

  02 September 2013

  Significant growth opportunities for catastrophe excess-of-loss market, says Aon Benfield's Christian

• New York metro sponsors $200m storm surge cat bond

  01 August 2013

  MetroCat Re bond will pay out in the event of severe flooding

• Hiscox latest to report investment slump

  29 July 2013

  Low bond yields also bring greater competition from ILS investors

• XL sets up ILS fund with Stone Point

  26 July 2013

  Aims to attract third-party investors to $135m fund