Archive

  • Hiscox latest to report investment slump

    29 July 2013

    Low bond yields also bring greater competition from ILS investors

  • XL sets up ILS fund with Stone Point

    26 July 2013

    Aims to attract third-party investors to $135m fund

  • 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

  • Aspen, Montpelier sign up to AIR's cat platform

    23 July 2013

    Major brokers and other re/insurers subscribe to Touchstone

  • 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

  • Irish regulator fines Quinn €5m for asset, solvency failings

    18 July 2013

    But not in the public interest to impose it, says Central Bank of Ireland