Archive

  • "The HLA creates more instability than it subtracts" – Axa's Thimann

    13 October 2015

    Christian Thimann, head of public of affairs at France's largest insurance group, is critical of regulators' plans to tackle systemic risk in the insurance sector. He talks to Hugo Coelho

  • More than 170 delegates expected at Insurance Risk & Capital

    13 October 2015

    Third edition of InsuranceERM's conference takes place in three weeks

  • Life insurers in four countries most at risk of lower profits

    13 October 2015

    Moody's says firms in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Taiwan are under most pressure

  • German insurers to hold another €10bn against guarantees

    12 October 2015

    Reference rate used to calculate ZZR requirements to be set at 2.9%

  • Capsicum Re poaches Liberty Specialty Markets' chief actuary

    12 October 2015

    Stephen Rix becomes head of analytics

  • US mortality improvement mirrors UK slowdown

    09 October 2015

    New model could reduce liabilities by up to 2%

  • Eiopa 'open' to lower UFR from 2017

    09 October 2015

    Methodology review to be completed in September

  • NAIC seeking new CEO

    09 October 2015

    Ben Nelson stepping down after three years

  • California wildfire insured losses to exceed $1bn

    09 October 2015

    Huge losses only weeks into wildfire season while 1-in-1,000 year rainfall hits South Carolina

  • RMS acquires hurricane data firm HWind

    08 October 2015

    Tallahassee start-up swallowed by cat modelling giant