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Fairfax to acquire Brit Insurance for £1.22bn
17 February 2015Latest in series of major M&A deals
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PartnerRe and Axis to merge in $11bn deal
26 January 2015Tumbling premiums fuelling wave of consolidation in reinsurance sector
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Insurers raise the heat on weather derivatives
24 January 2014Rain or shine, the past year has seen a host of insurers jumping into the weather derivatives markets. Weather risks offer significant synergies with existing business lines and deal flow is on the up. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Axis estimates tornado, hailstorm and flood losses
18 July 2013Pre-tax losses from cat and weather events for Q2 of $140m
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New capital muscles into the reinsurance business
12 July 2013Hedge funds, pension funds and wealth managers are among the newer investors reshaping the way that reinsurance operates and prices risk. These non-traditional investors like the returns available and the lack of correlation with other capital markets. But do they fully appreciate the risks? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Axis Re launches weather risk desk
11 June 2013Edgar Bautista and Sandeep Ramachandran appointed as co-heads
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Sandy to cost Lloyd's up to $2.5bn
19 December 2012Catlin expects a $200m hit