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Learning from Japan's 'lost decades'
24 January 2013With much of Europe mired in a deepening recession, the parallels with Japan's 'lost decades' become ever more acute. Paul Fulcher and Teoman Kaplan explore whether European insurers can learn from their Japanese peers in how to deal with a prolonged state of stagnant economic growth and low interest rates
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The US ORSA will benefit ERM, say majority of P/C insurers
24 January 2013But Towers Watson survey also shows 21% see ORSA as compliance-driven
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Manulife's Rahim Hirji: shifting from hedging to growth
23 January 2013Risk management is no longer about policing an insurance company, says Rahim Hirji, chief risk officer at Canada's Manulife Financial. He talks to Lorna Davies about changing regulations, market concerns and the development of the CRO
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Africa offers insurance growth opportunity
21 January 2013Largest markets saw premium increase to $60.7bn in 2011, says AM Best
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Skilled people leaving banking for insurance
21 January 2013Optimism and profitability also up for UK life and general insurance, PwC and CBI survey finds
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Actuaries would "face ridicule" in considering climate change
18 January 2013Resource constraint could dramatically shift assumptions about economic growth, says Actuarial Profession report
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Generali targets solid capital for 2015
15 January 2013Part of CEO's "revolution" for insurer
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FRSGlobal and FinArch rebranded
15 January 2013Will now be marketed as Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
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AIG will not sue US government
10 January 2013Bailed-out insurer thanks America
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Stable reinsurance pricing could be short-lived
09 January 2013AM Best warns of unprecedented uncertainties in global economy