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Aon Benfield launches cat bond facility
18 June 2014Allows for faster access to ILS markets for cedants
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Pushing for professionalism in risk management
18 June 2014Risk managers are under growing pressure to prove their competencies with regulators and rating agencies, say Amlin's Alex Hindson and Aviva's José Morago. They talk to Christopher Cundy about how qualifications can help
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Insurance asset managers grapple with Solvency II challenges
06 June 2014Solvency II will impact how insurers manage their assets, but the effects will depend on their size and the business mix. Christopher Cundy and Hardeep Dhillon report from InsuranceERM's Insurance Asset Risk conference
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Will Solvency II boost the growing life ILS market?
30 May 2014Life insurance securitisation has made a comeback since 2008, albeit in a different form. With Solvency II rules predicted to push life companies to transfer risk off their books, participants hope life ILS could grow to rival cat bonds. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Sidecars suck in record amount of capital in Q1
28 May 2014But one sidecar alone accounted for bulk of investment
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First $1bn economic loss of year likely from severe US weather
08 May 2014Insured losses will amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, says Impact Forecasting
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ABI gives guidance on non-modelled cat risks
30 April 2014Hidden risk has potential impact on solvency
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Cat bonds prices fall in busy Q1
25 April 2014Second quarter also set to break records
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Chile earthquake and tsunami model launched
15 April 2014Impact Forecasting incorporates new footprint for 1 April 2014 quake
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Global reinsurer capital continues inexorable climb
11 April 2014New high reached of $540bn, says Aon Benfield