Archive

  • Houston flooding exceeds "1-in-200-year" rainfall

    19 April 2016

    Comparisons drawn with 2001's tropical storm Allison

  • L&G appoints strategic director for pensions risk transfer business

    06 April 2016

    Matt Wilmington joins from Aon Hewitt

  • RMS to launch marine cargo cat model

    31 March 2016

    Tianjin and Hurricane Sandy losses underline need for risk management

  • ReMetrica adds PPO analysis tool

    22 March 2016

    Will help understand motor injury claims, says Aon

  • Impact Forecasting launches US thunderstorm model

    15 February 2016

    Scenario model complements probabilistic models

  • Storm Jonas could cost insurers close to $1bn

    25 January 2016

    Killer US winter storm sets record snowfall in cities along the East Coast

  • Reinsurance buying evolves as Solvency II kicks off

    12 January 2016

    The 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

  • Solvency II fuels risk of model convergence

    16 November 2015

    The 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

  • AM Best shifts cat risk assessment in BCAR update

    10 November 2015

    Interest rate risk and dependence on reinsurance are the other key changes to calculation of insurer credit ratings. Asa Gibson reports

  • Cat claims exceed $1bn in October

    06 November 2015

    Flooding in South Carolina and French Riviera make it a costly month for insurers