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US flood MGA reThought Insurance raises $10.5m in series B round

Open exposure data standards: heading for the big switchover

Oasis's Dickie Whitaker welcomes move by Aon and reinsurers to push the OED standard

Insuring the Big One

The US population is underinsured against earthquakes despite the frequent reminders of how serious this peril can be. Then again, covering quakes is just not easy, as Sarfraz Thind reports

UK firms survive 2022 stress tests on average, but some dip below 100% solvency

Some 54 life and non-life entities tested their solvency under extreme scenarios

Looking beyond climate to decipher natcat loss trends

Insured losses from natural catastrophes are on the rise, but research from TigerRisk shows climate factors are driving only a fraction of this increase. Paul Walsh reports

Bermudian stress tests reveal Gulf windstorm has worst impact

Re/insurers found to be resilient to a range of catastrophe and market stresses

Risk modellers step up a gear to tackle next-generation perils

Experts at the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference discussed how risk modellers are responding to today's interconnected society and why a focus on forward-looking assessment is needed. Paul Walsh reports

CyberCube raises $50m to fund product and market development

Cyber risk modelling firm has raised more than $100m to date

Managing climate risks - but how?

Rüdiger Kiesel and Gerhard Stahl argue capital charges are not sufficient for insurers to manage climate risk, and propose an approach based on the fundamentals of risk management

PRT market set for bumper growth, says Prudential Financial

Q3 was second biggest quarter ever for US pension risk transfers