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One-third of Old Mutual's board now female
07 January 2014The South African insurer appoints two women as non-exec directors
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Soft January reinsurance rates caused by overcapacity
03 January 2014US property catastrophe renewal rates most affected, says Willis Re
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CoreLogic acquires Eqecat
02 January 2014Catastrophe modeller bought by North American data and analytics firm
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Property cat reinsurance renewal rates fall 11%
30 December 2013Pricing dropped across all major territories for first time in over a decade, according to Guy Carpenter
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AM Best holds ratings on insurers with excess US terrorism exposure
20 December 2013Uncertain future for US terrorism risk insurance programme
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Joint Forum finalises longevity risk recommendations
20 December 2013Eight suggestions added to draft report on longevity risk transfer market
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CRO Forum elects Marco Vet as chairman
20 December 2013Achmea's director of risk and compliance will head up the body next year
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Solvency reform a priority for US regulators
20 December 2013US insurance supervision is inefficient and inconsistent, according to the Federal Insurance Office, which has made its long-awaited recommendations for reform. Among its prime targets are solvency regulation, reserving and treatment of captives. Christopher Cundy reports
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NAIC approves four countries for reduced reinsurer collateral
19 December 2013Conditional qualification for Bermuda, Germany, Switzerland and the UK
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Using least squares Monte Carlo proxy functions for internal model validation
18 December 2013LSMC techniques are finding popularity in Solvency II economic capital calculations and multi-year projections of capital requirements. In this article, Christian Bettels explains how they can also apply to validation of internal models