Archive

  • Turning liability into opportunity

    28 March 2017

    There is growing evidence that exposure to phthalates has serious health impacts. Excluding phthalates from insurance contracts might be the natural response, but modelling the exposure could allow firms to see the risk as a business opportunity rather than a threat, as Praedicat chief executive Robert Reville tells Callum Tanner

  • French life insurers lose out to election worries

    27 March 2017

    Policyholders may be deferring investment decisions ahead of presidential vote, says AM Best

  • Reinsurance buying spree continues

    20 March 2017

    Soft market encourages European insurers, says AM Best

  • The surprising inconsistency of risk appetite and risk tolerance statements

    02 March 2017

    Dave Ingram explains how Willis Re's study of insurers' risk appetite and risk tolerance statements revealed wide differences in the concepts they express

  • Lloyd's closes £300m tier 2 bond

    31 January 2017

    Final pricing: 10-year gilts plus 330 basis points

  • AIG rating in question over reserving, risk management worries

    27 January 2017

    AM Best puts rating on review "with negative implications"

  • No cheer in AM Best's reinsurance outlook

    13 December 2016

    Low rates, dwindling reserve releases put pressure on industry

  • Ironshore finds safer haven in Liberty Mutual

    06 December 2016

    Specialty underwriter welcomes financial strength of new parent

  • Estimate for US asbestos losses shoots up to $100bn

    29 November 2016

    Industry reports more than $2bn additional losses per year

  • Insurers face up to $3.5bn bill from New Zealand earthquake

    18 November 2016

    Government scheme will help alleviate residential losses