Archive

  • The unresolved issues of Solvency II

    21 February 2013

    The delay of full implementation to beyond 2014 will allow extra time for important details in all three pillars of Solvency II to be resolved – and may bring old niggles to the surface again. Lorna Davies looks into some of the outstanding issues, for policy-makers and insurers, that will be kicked over in the coming months

  • Guy Carpenter releases MetaRisk 7.1

    20 February 2013

    Platform update includes access to cat models

  • Russian meteor led to surge in car crashes

    18 February 2013

    Most damage arises from broken glass, says industry

  • Insurers look ahead to "bigger, faster, scarier" market

    15 February 2013

    Lloyd's, Solvency II and FSA "holy trinity of trouble," says Novae survey

  • Catlin increases Sandy loss

    11 February 2013

    While IAG suffers from Oswald

  • RenRe, Allstate and PartnerRe report Q4 profits despite Sandy losses

    07 February 2013

    But a Q4 loss for Argo and The Hanover

  • Munich Re reports €3.2bn profit despite Sandy loss

    05 February 2013

    Reinsurer plans to raise its annual dividend to €7

  • Asta brings new syndicate to Lloyd's

    05 February 2013

    Nephila-backed Syndicate 2357 will underwrite catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance

  • Life insurers' capital needs to rise after bird flu research resumes

    01 February 2013

    Risk of man-made pandemic from avian flu research increased, RMS warns

  • Eqecat releases new platform RQE v13

    31 January 2013

    Will "disrupt the status quo of catastrophe risk modelling," says firm