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Hannover Re incurs €64m loss from hailstorm Andreas
17 October 2013Industry losses estimated at €2.5bn
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Axa places €350m cat bond
16 October 2013The windstorm catastrophe bond is the largest euro-denominated issuance to date
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Understand, don't blend, cat models
11 October 2013The changes afoot in insurance markets make an "own view of risk" essential to the future of today's firms – and the best approach is not through blending of catastrophe models, argues Mike Duffy
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JLT to pay $250m for Towers Watson's reinsurance brokerage
20 September 2013Merger with JLT Re to "restore client choice" to reinsurance market, says Dominic Burke
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Reinsurers and brokers steeled for "post-convergence" markets
10 September 2013The rise of alternative capital has been the talking point at this year's reinsurance Rendez-vous in Monte Carlo. The $45bn currently in play could double in next three years, but what will be the effect on pricing and how reinsurers and brokers operate? Christopher Cundy reports
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New capital may produce systemic risk, warns Lloyd's chairman
05 September 2013Capital must remain "properly attached" to underlying transaction, says John Nelson
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Scor to set up loan investment platform
04 September 2013Reinsurer is raising allocation to corporate, real estate and infrastructure debt
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Loss of cat business to alternative capital "not all bad" for reinsurers
04 September 2013Moody's sees signs of indiscipline in underwriting
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Munich Re acquires RenRe's weather risk unit
03 September 2013RenRe Energy Advisors sold for "mid double-digit million" dollars
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Investment environment remains biggest challenge to reinsurers
29 August 2013Softening prices also a threat, says Fitch