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Nine global systemically important insurers named
19 July 2013The Financial Stability Board's designation of systemically risky insurers has brought howls of protest from the industry, but the impact on the nine firms is not easy to gauge. Christopher Cundy reports
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MetLife in line for systemically important designation
18 July 2013CEO says firm is no threat to financial system
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Axis estimates tornado, hailstorm and flood losses
18 July 2013Pre-tax losses from cat and weather events for Q2 of $140m
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New capital muscles into the reinsurance business
12 July 2013Hedge funds, pension funds and wealth managers are among the newer investors reshaping the way that reinsurance operates and prices risk. These non-traditional investors like the returns available and the lack of correlation with other capital markets. But do they fully appreciate the risks? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Twelve Capital hires leading risk management academic
12 July 2013Markus Stricker joins Swiss insurance investment firm
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Phoenix breathes new life into its actuarial systems
03 July 2013The UK closed-fund consolidator has replaced its myriad modelling systems with just one, in a huge three-year project that is said to have been on time and on budget. For Phoenix, the project was not only operationally necessary; it was a strategic imperative. InsuranceERM explains
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Prudential Financial appeals "systemically important" designation
03 July 2013No word on whether AIG is also appealing
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Munich Re cat bond includes Australian cyclone risk
02 July 2013Investors snap up $75m bond also covering US hurricane perils
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Emerging risks test re/insurers' monitoring systems
28 June 2013In an ever more complex, interconnected and fast-moving world, the task of spotting the emerging risks that could have critical impacts on insurance companies is becoming harder. Christopher Cundy reports on how firms are tackling the issue
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Reinsurers to wait another year for G-SII status
27 June 2013Insurers to be named next month