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Investors welcome Swiss Re's solvency/hurricane contingent debt
09 October 2013Reinsurer may repeat issuance for other perils
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Global capital standard to be implemented in 2019
09 October 2013IAIS says development will be complete by end of 2016
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Communication is the next step in internal model validation
09 October 2013Internal 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
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Schroders launches ILS fund
08 October 2013Follows Schroders' purchase of Secquaero Advisors in June
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Chesnara acquires Direct Line's closed life business
08 October 2013Direct Line looking at opportunities to sell new life products
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Munich Re appoints group CRO
08 October 2013Bernhard Kaufmann succeeds Joachim Oechslin
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Early warning indicators need further refinement
04 October 2013The UK's Prudential Regulation Authority is currently trialling the use of early warning indicators (EWIs) to monitor the outputs from insurers' internal models. With plans to extend their application across Europe, Russell Ward, Eoin O'Byrne and Lyndsay Wrobel examine how EWIs might perform in practice – and find there is room for improvement
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Endurance appoints chief actuary
04 October 2013Scott Galiardo promoted to new role
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Monsanto pays $1bn for weather risk firm
03 October 2013The Climate Corporation's agricultural analytics were the attraction
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Quick-fix directive to postpone Solvency II to 1 January 2016
02 October 2013Text says delay will be for "one last time"