Archive

  • Montpelier Re to research alternatives to traditional cat models

    14 October 2013

    Bermudian reinsurer sets up risk institute with Canadian and European academics

  • Eiopa budgets €1.5m for XBRL data hub

    14 October 2013

    But occupational pensions, not Solvency II, will be focus in 2014

  • Understand, don't blend, cat models

    11 October 2013

    The changes afoot in insurance markets make an "own view of risk" essential to the future of today's firms – and the best approach is not through blending of catastrophe models, argues Mike Duffy

  • NAIC has "serious concerns" over global insurer capital standard

    10 October 2013

    Details of IAIS plan yet to emerge

  • Investors welcome Swiss Re's solvency/hurricane contingent debt

    09 October 2013

    Reinsurer may repeat issuance for other perils

  • Global capital standard to be implemented in 2019

    09 October 2013

    IAIS says development will be complete by end of 2016

  • Communication is the next step in internal model validation

    09 October 2013

    Internal model validation has evolved rapidly in the last three years but the key to getting real value from the process in 2014 is to focus on communication, say Charl Cronje and Tom Durkin

  • Schroders launches ILS fund

    08 October 2013

    Follows Schroders' purchase of Secquaero Advisors in June

  • Chesnara acquires Direct Line's closed life business

    08 October 2013

    Direct Line looking at opportunities to sell new life products

  • Munich Re appoints group CRO

    08 October 2013

    Bernhard Kaufmann succeeds Joachim Oechslin