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  • Global insured 2018 cat losses fourth highest on record

    20 December 2018

    Swiss Re says disaster events claimed more than 11,000 victims in 2018

  • Environmentalists slam US insurers for backing coal

    03 December 2018

    Asia-Pacific firms fare slightly better; Swiss Re and Axa earn top marks

  • UK reacts angrily to Eiopa's Brexit preparedness warning - UPDATED

    05 November 2018

    More than 100 UK and Gibraltar companies have no or insufficient contingency plans, says Eiopa

  • Munich Re defends coal practice

    09 July 2018

    Firm has no threshold for coal underwriting but assesses all risks

  • Insurers caught in crossfire of Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline

    31 May 2018

    Unfriend Coal has urged insurers to stop backing tar sands projects

  • Axis Capital and Insurlab Germany seek brightest student minds

    25 April 2018

    Axis launches risk management academy at University of Illinois

  • Axis, Beazley reveal deferred tax asset hits

    18 January 2018

    More than $1bn of DTA losses across the industry so far

  • Reinsurance proves its worth for US disaster agency

    04 January 2018

    Federal disaster agency took out flood reinsurance for first time last year

  • Axis to acquire Novae for $604m

    06 July 2017

    Deal creates London specialty insurer with $2bn of annual premiums

  • The 'winners' and losers from the Ogden rate change

    20 June 2017

    Insurers with lower retention rates increased their motor market share in Q1 as others were forced to raise prices faster. They are, however, likely to be hit harder during their reinsurance renewals, and the profits lost across the entire sector could reach £3.5bn. Callum Tanner reports