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Why HR should be in your risk culture club
20 September 2013Who are the custodians of an organisation's risk culture and how can meaningful change be embedded? BaxterBruce's Jon Linturn explains.
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JLT to pay $250m for Towers Watson's reinsurance brokerage
20 September 2013Merger with JLT Re to "restore client choice" to reinsurance market, says Dominic Burke
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Aegon leads, Aviva lags in reducing leverage
19 September 2013Insurers to continue using excess cash to pay off debt, says Moody's
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Leasing and trade finance could spice up insurers' portfolios
18 September 2013The traditional bond markets are no longer satisfying insurers' desire for a secure, stable investment income. Portfolios need to be developed to include other new core asset classes and there are opportunities aplenty for the more nimble insurers, says Yasheen Rajan.
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German hailstorms will cost insurers around €3bn
17 September 2013Scor estimates its own losses at about €50m
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Internal models diverge on treatment of credit risk
17 September 2013Towers Watson reports on progress in risk calibration by UK life insurers
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Solvent schemes of arrangement threatened
16 September 2013KPMG raises concerns over PRA proposals
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Zurich migrates Prophet system to cloud
16 September 2013Will use SunGard's hosted service
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Key emerging risks have systemic implications
13 September 2013Cyber risks can cost companies more than most traditional risks combined, says a report from Guy Carpenter on emerging risks, which also covers climate change, space risk, pandemics and nanotechnology. The interconnectedness of the world means most of these also pose systemic threats, as these highlights from the report show
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Omnibus II vote brought forward as negotiations make progress
12 September 2013All sides keen to reach agreement, says Peter Skinner MEP