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European flood losses surpass $1.6bn
16 July 2013Partner Re is latest to report impact
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Boards struggle to understand internal model outputs
15 July 2013Visualisation techniques can help get message across, says LCP
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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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Scor, Validus estimate German flood losses
11 July 2013Industry-wide losses predicted at $4bn-$5bn
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G-SII "backstop capital" a springboard to global capital standard
11 July 2013Zurich CEO says fragmented capital rules are intolerable in the long term
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"Rise in flood costs can be prevented"
10 July 2013Better controls are needed, says Munich Re's Jeworrek, as first half cat loss report released
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What the LTGA really says about the matching adjustment
10 July 2013A workable matching adjustment is critical for many insurers facing the prospect of complying with Solvency II, but Eiopa's recent study on long-term guarantee measures has left some aspects ambiguous and others unfeasible. Kim Durniat delves into Eiopa's concluding report to bring out the nuances
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PRA's Bailey: "We have a good way to go to make Solvency II manageable"
09 July 2013Speech to ABI conference defends use of early warning indicators
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US reinsurance rates remain under pressure at 1 July renewals
09 July 2013Pricing to trend downwards for the rest of the year, say brokers