Archive

  • Gonzalo insured losses estimated at $400m

    23 October 2014

    Second storm to hit Bermuda in a week

  • US insurers falling short on climate change

    23 October 2014

    Need to account for weather-related risk in ERM assessments

  • San Francisco 'big one' could cost insurers $25bn

    15 October 2014

    Risk rising as insurance penetration declines

  • Typhoon Phanfone heads for Japan

    02 October 2014

    Could threaten Grand Prix

  • Catastrophe models for the 21st century

    02 October 2014

    Modern society is incredibly interconnected and creating potentially huge risks that insurers are struggling to capture. RMS's Andrew Coburn explains to Christopher Cundy how a new generation of catastrophe models could be developed to help

  • Australian disaster mitigation budget should increase fivefold

    29 September 2014

    Allowing purchase of top-up cover also suggested

  • Insurance climate capital will reach $84bn in 2015

    24 September 2014

    Swiss Re commits $10bn by 2020

  • Catastrophe models - is one ever enough?

    23 September 2014

    Finding the right balance between sharing resources related to natural catastrophes and competing over such information continues to be a sticky issue for the Lloyd's market, according to Michael Tripp

  • Odile threatens to become a hurricane

    11 September 2014

    Could reach category 2

  • Cat bond issues reach new record

    10 September 2014

    Aon Benfield latest to highlight low pricing