Archive

  • Scor Life appoints head of actuarial and risk

    25 November 2014

    Chief actuary Bruno Latourrette promoted in top management reshuffle

  • RenaissanceRe to buy Platinum for $1.9bn

    24 November 2014

    Will create US specialty and casualty powerhouse

  • China Re to go it alone at Lloyd's

    21 November 2014

    Aims to establish own managing agency over time

  • Moody's: Leverage ratios at lowest level since the crisis

    13 November 2014

    Insurers borrow less as declining earnings make debt servicing onerous

  • IERM comment: whose capital is it anyway?

    30 October 2014

    The rise in popularity of third-party capital in the insurance arena raises interesting questions for regulators

  • John Huff: Capital cannot be the only answer to systemic risk

    30 October 2014

    While in Amsterdam for the conference of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, Hugo Coelho caught up with Missouri insurance commissioner John Huff. Here he elaborates on his criticism of global standards, and discusses key aspects in the tug of war between the US and Europe on the convergence of insurance regulation

  • XL repurchases $275m shares in Q3

    28 October 2014

    Top line reinsurance growth slows down

  • Targeting reinsurance systemic risk

    23 October 2014

    All eyes are on the FSB's forthcoming update of G-SIIs, which is expected to include reinsurers for the first time. Marcus Alcock looks at who might be on the list and what the implications are for the market

  • Swiss Re buys minority stake in East-African insurer

    09 October 2014

    Reinsurer expands pool of investments in high-growth market

  • IERM comment: reinsurance lag

    02 October 2014

    Why has it taken the FSB so long to label reinsurers as systemic risks?