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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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BlackRock predicts insurance asset reallocation in 2013
24 January 2013Says insurers will replace banks in fixed income asset investment
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AllianzGI to launch Europe building fund
23 January 2013Will launch UK fund in Q2
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Rothesay Life and Vestey agree £115m bulk annuity deal
22 January 2013Goldman Sachs' insurance arm wrote over £1bn of new bulk annuity business in 2012
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PIC signs second Cookson deal
21 January 2013Covers £30m of pensioner liabilities for Vesuvius
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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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Record capital creates reinsurance supply and demand gap
15 January 2013Cat bond total reached $6.3bn in 2012, says Aon Benfield
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From the Talmud and Markowitz to a holistic picture of risk
10 January 2013Systems thinking helps risk modellers develop a more dynamic, responsive analysis of complex systems. Matt Cocke and Richard See-Toh track developments from 4 BC to today's ERM approach
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AIG will not sue US government
10 January 2013Bailed-out insurer thanks America
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PIC completes £40m buy-in with Chamber of Shipping
07 January 2013LCP and Wragge & Co advised the trustees