Archive

  • Third of all tornado deaths in mobile homes

    28 February 2013

    Modelling the risk is becoming more important, says Lloyd's

  • Solvency II delay "golden opportunity" to sort out run-off and APH

    27 February 2013

    European insurers have potential to be over-reserved compared to US, says Ruxley

  • US insurers to hold $23bn more capital if ratings agency revises model

    27 February 2013

    AM Best proposes lowering discount rate for non-life reserves from 5% to 4%

  • Cat modellers set out their platforms

    26 February 2013

    For Eqecat, AIR and RMS, the future is platforms and the promise to give clients more model transparency and control. Open-architecture initiatives such as Oasis are also gearing up. Lorna Davies details the developments

  • Hiscox chief slams reporting burden, SII internal models

    14 February 2013

    Global regulations are misguided, says Masojada

  • Insurance enterprise risk managment: the state it's in

    14 February 2013

    Insurers' satisfaction with ERM grows, but plans for using economic capital stall - these are among the seven key findings from Towers Watson's recent worldwide survey. Christopher Cundy asks Laura Santori and Martin Pike to explain

  • Contingent capital "shows promise" as cushion for stressed firms

    14 February 2013

    CAS paper provides pricing and valuation models

  • Axa draws up ESG framework for sovereign debt

    12 February 2013

    Environmental, social and governance indicators linked to bond performance

  • Regulations put insurers "at risk of irrelevance"

    12 February 2013

    Inability to create reliable pension products puts burden on governments

  • URS adds cloud capability to Risk Explorer

    12 February 2013

    Seven-hour model run times reduced to five minutes