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Cats cost insurers below-average $20bn in first half
21 August 2013Floods main cause of losses, says Swiss Re; cat bonds performing well as Atlantic hurricane season enters peak period
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FSB widens scope of proposed resolution regime
21 August 2013The Financial Stability Board's consultation on applying the key attributes of resolution regimes to non-banks implies an extension to the range of insurers under scrutiny, as well as to the powers available to supervisors, as InsuranceERM explains
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"Solvency 2 Directive" launched
20 August 2013Not the new EU regulatory framework, but an app from CIMCON
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UK's Flood Re insurance pool is 'unsustainable'
19 August 2013Effects of climate change not taken into account, says study
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Longevity risk transfer markets come under international scrutiny
16 August 2013Joint Forum issues consultative document with eight recommendations
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Brazil awaits impact from market risk model
16 August 2013Insurers in Brazil are awaiting the outcome of tests on a new model for calculating capital requirements for market risk - the latest step in the country's gradual move towards a Solvency II-style regime. Christopher Cundy reports
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SOA plans genetically-informed risk assessment seminar
16 August 2013Will look at impact of "the coming revolution" in personalised medicine on risk assessment and life underwriting
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Lee-Carter model added to Numerix Leading Hedge
14 August 2013Aimed at improving quantification of longevity risk
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Solvency II should go global, says the PRA's Kathryn Morgan
13 August 2013Kathryn Morgan of the UK's Prudential Regulation Authority is such a big fan of Solvency II that she would roll it out across the globe if she could. She also uses an ORSA in her personal life. She explains her enthusiasm for the planned regime in this interview with InsuranceERM
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Eqecat releases RQE v14
13 August 2013Aims to make cat risk modelling platform the industry benchmark