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  • Lloyd's CROs create new committee

    11 November 2015

    Chaucer's Penny Shaw to chair LMA's chief risk officer group

  • Fairfax to acquire Brit Insurance for £1.22bn

    17 February 2015

    Latest in series of major M&A deals

  • Portuguese insurers under pressure to sell bank debt

    09 December 2014

    The Portuguese insurance supervisor has found that one in five insurers fall short of capital under Solvency II, even after taking into account the benefit of the volatility adjustment. What's more, concentrated exposures to the financial sector are sending capital requirements through the roof, as Hugo Coelho explores

  • Swiss Re buys minority stake in East-African insurer

    09 October 2014

    Reinsurer expands pool of investments in high-growth market

  • Will RMS(one) be the one?

    01 November 2013

    The one system to manage all cat exposures and risks, that is. Early testers are enthusiastic, but RMS's claims for its new platform will take some time to assess, and the cost of using it could be a hindrance. Christopher Cundy reports