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Houston flooding exceeds "1-in-200-year" rainfall
19 April 2016Comparisons drawn with 2001's tropical storm Allison
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L&G appoints strategic director for pensions risk transfer business
06 April 2016Matt Wilmington joins from Aon Hewitt
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RMS to launch marine cargo cat model
31 March 2016Tianjin and Hurricane Sandy losses underline need for risk management
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ReMetrica adds PPO analysis tool
22 March 2016Will help understand motor injury claims, says Aon
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Impact Forecasting launches US thunderstorm model
15 February 2016Scenario model complements probabilistic models
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Storm Jonas could cost insurers close to $1bn
25 January 2016Killer US winter storm sets record snowfall in cities along the East Coast
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Reinsurance buying evolves as Solvency II kicks off
12 January 2016The arrival of Solvency II has not dominated the 1 January reinsurance renewals, but it is having a fundamental effect on buying strategies, according to brokers. Christopher Cundy reports
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Solvency II fuels risk of model convergence
16 November 2015The demands of regulatory approval are creating a lack of diversity in insurance models and driving an increase in systemic risk, according to a joint industry and academic study. Sarfraz Thind reports
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AM Best shifts cat risk assessment in BCAR update
10 November 2015Interest rate risk and dependence on reinsurance are the other key changes to calculation of insurer credit ratings. Asa Gibson reports
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Cat claims exceed $1bn in October
06 November 2015Flooding in South Carolina and French Riviera make it a costly month for insurers