Archive

  • Solvency II equivalence rules seen as "provocation" by US reinsurers

    11 March 2014

    US reinsurers may be disadvantaged compared with European peers

  • Swiss Re, Scor and Munich Re share in Aviva's £5bn longevity risk swap

    06 March 2014

    Largest longevity deal with pension fund to date

  • L&G trebles bulk annuity business

    05 March 2014

    More growth expected in bulk than individual annuity markets

  • Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway would clean-up following major cat

    04 March 2014

    Climate change not influencing cat risk calculations – yet

  • Amlin's internal model helps cut reinsurance spend

    03 March 2014

    Profits rise, but re/insurer under pressure from lower cat reinsurance rates

  • RSA's £775m rights issue at core of capital recovery plan

    27 February 2014

    Investments sold and disposals planned as 2013 results disappoint

  • Actuarial paper at centre of health data storm

    25 February 2014

    UK health records may be inaccessible to actuaries in future

  • UK flood insured loss to be "manageable"

    18 February 2014

    Ongoing disaster likely to be a one-off negative for primary insurers

  • FCA dices with actuaries in annuity profits probe

    14 February 2014

    The UK's Financial Conduct Authority wants to make the annuity markets more competitive, but tackling excess profitability and price differentiation may be a bigger challenge than it thinks. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Cincinnati Insurance places $100m private cat bond

    14 February 2014

    The three-year note provides cover against earthquakes and storms