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  • AIG closes $400m Compass Re cat bond

    10 January 2013

    Makes total issuance $1.85bn over past three years

  • Cat bonds raised $5.9bn capital in 2012

    09 January 2013

    Second only to 2007, when $7bn came to market

  • Fitch estimates $20bn loss for Sandy

    09 January 2013

    At high end of industry loss estimates so far

  • 2013: the ERM challenges ahead

    08 January 2013

    Leading consultants and CROs say getting the most out of Solvency II implementation will be a big challenge for 2013, but other aspects of ERM will reappear on the agenda, as will the necessity of keeping ERM at the heart of business. Here is a compilation of responses to the questions InsuranceERM asked experts just before Christmas

  • Governments must think like insurers in face of rising risks

    08 January 2013

    Should transfer risks to capital markets, says WEF

  • Congress ups NFIP budget by $9.7bn

    07 January 2013

    Vote for further increase for Sandy claims scheduled on 15 January

  • IAG ups reinsurance cover to $5bn

    04 January 2013

    Smaller increase for 2013 than 2012

  • US flood money will dry up without Congress help

    04 January 2013

    Claims for Sandy and other disasters could be left unpaid, FEMA warns

  • Zurich completes $270m cat bond

    03 January 2013

    Boosts 2012 ILS issuance to $6bn

  • Attractive reinsurance opportunities after January renewals

    03 January 2013

    Reinsurance market proved its value, says Aspen