Archive

  • New York quizzes reinsurers on compliance with Iran sanctions

    25 July 2013

    Firms face fines and bans for breaching new rules

  • Zurich collaborates on flood resilience research

    25 July 2013

    Enters multi-year collaboration with US and Austrian academics

  • Insurers urge no reporting in Solvency II's preparation phase

    24 July 2013

    Responses to Eiopa's consultation on the 2014-2016 preparation phase for Solvency II have come back with a strong message that the reporting is too burdensome and the ORSA should be stripped of its quantitative elements. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Bermudian insurers should escape Solvency II interim measures

    23 July 2013

    Eiopa's preparation guidelines unclear on third-country supervision

  • Cat bonds record second highest H2 total

    22 July 2013

    Expanding investor base driving demand, says Swiss Re

  • Nine global systemically important insurers named

    19 July 2013

    The 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

  • MetLife in line for systemically important designation

    18 July 2013

    CEO says firm is no threat to financial system

  • Axis estimates tornado, hailstorm and flood losses

    18 July 2013

    Pre-tax losses from cat and weather events for Q2 of $140m

  • New capital muscles into the reinsurance business

    12 July 2013

    Hedge 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

  • Twelve Capital hires leading risk management academic

    12 July 2013

    Markus Stricker joins Swiss insurance investment firm