Archive

  • Rothesay Life completes £440m buy-out of InterContinental pension fund

    03 September 2013

    Good time to proceed with deals, says PwC

  • Aegon ditches ECB swap curve for Solvency I calculation

    03 September 2013

    Decision follows downgrade of France's credit rating

  • Reinsurance capital influx raises government interest in cat coverage

    02 September 2013

    Significant growth opportunities for catastrophe excess-of-loss market, says Aon Benfield's Christian

  • Absence of hurricanes in August may not be good news

    02 September 2013

    History suggests deadly Atlantic storms could arrive soon, says AccuWeather.com

  • ILS market set to broaden in scope

    30 August 2013

    Lower spreads no barrier to market growth, says Aon Benfield Securities

  • Zurich to investigate pressures on CFO

    30 August 2013

    Pierre Wauthier's suicide note mentions chairman Ackermann

  • How to develop multi-year capital projections for the ORSA

    29 August 2013

    Solvency II firms have a lot to do to develop their modelling capabilities into a multi-period capital projections. This is why Craig Turnbull and Andy Frepp recommend insurers invest in statistically robust multi-period capital proxy functions such as least-squares Monte Carlo

  • Investment environment remains biggest challenge to reinsurers

    29 August 2013

    Softening prices also a threat, says Fitch

  • Zurich chairman resigns after CFO's death

    29 August 2013

    Josef Ackermann says his leadership was in question

  • LV= to grow actuarial team by 20%

    28 August 2013

    Recruitment drive follows restructuring of life and general insurance teams