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  • Mitigating the cycle

    11 December 2014

    While there have been significant advances in quantifying the uncertainty pertaining to 'dark matter' risks such as casualty catastrophe or cyber, says Victoria Jenkins, it is worth considering how they may manifest themselves in the future and what can be done about them now

  • Improved model could hurt some insurers, says JLT Re

    11 December 2014

    AM Best plans to launch revised capital adequacy ratio model in 2015

  • Moody's downgrades SNS Reaal on weakening capitalisation

    10 December 2014

    Credit rating of insurance units cut to Baa3, one notch above junk

  • Regulatory focus will swing towards conduct risk says S&P

    10 December 2014

    Product design could radically alter within Europe

  • Entropics takes cat bonds to Swedish insurers

    10 December 2014

    Luxembourg financial supervisor authorises cat bond fund

  • Verisk Analytics acquires Maplecroft

    09 December 2014

    Buys UK-based firm for £20.25m

  • Portuguese insurers under pressure to sell bank debt

    09 December 2014

    The Portuguese insurance supervisor has found that one in five insurers fall short of capital under Solvency II, even after taking into account the benefit of the volatility adjustment. What's more, concentrated exposures to the financial sector are sending capital requirements through the roof, as Hugo Coelho explores

  • US Treasury highlights financial stability risk of captives

    09 December 2014

    Warns over growing use

  • States hope for mutual recognition in ICS debate

    09 December 2014

    Delays in G-SII process 'speak for themselves'

  • ECB warned against adding to reporting burden

    09 December 2014

    Commission stresses need to align statistical requirements with Solvency II