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  • Brisbane storm bill surges says ICA

    11 December 2014

    Insured losses now $666m

  • Mitigating the cycle

    11 December 2014

    While there have been significant advances in quantifying the uncertainty pertaining to 'dark matter' risks such as casualty catastrophe or cyber, says Victoria Jenkins, it is worth considering how they may manifest themselves in the future and what can be done about them now

  • Improved model could hurt some insurers, says JLT Re

    11 December 2014

    AM Best plans to launch revised capital adequacy ratio model in 2015

  • Portuguese insurers under pressure to sell bank debt

    09 December 2014

    The Portuguese insurance supervisor has found that one in five insurers fall short of capital under Solvency II, even after taking into account the benefit of the volatility adjustment. What's more, concentrated exposures to the financial sector are sending capital requirements through the roof, as Hugo Coelho explores

  • States hope for mutual recognition in ICS debate

    09 December 2014

    Delays in G-SII process 'speak for themselves'

  • US cold snap to cost hundreds of millions

    05 December 2014

    Aon Benfield suggests Brisbane bill may also grow

  • Dutch insurers could take €900m charge on mortgage revaluation

    27 November 2014

    Moody's warns about negative impact on solvency ratios of life insurers

  • QBE issues $700m in subordinate debt

    26 November 2014

    Part of group-wide capital raising

  • 'Team USA' is best chance in IAIS negotiations

    20 November 2014

    Federal and state regulators urged to join forces

  • US regulators discuss changes to Sifi designation process

    14 November 2014

    Insurers propose changes to annual update of list of systemic firms