Archive

  • Scor increases contingent capital by €100m

    15 December 2016

    Switches from UBS to BNP Paribas

  • Coface instigates €100m contingent equity line

    10 February 2016

    Deal with BNP Paribas triggered by solvency or loss ratio

  • Insurers spend more than €5m lobbying EU

    07 May 2015

    Allianz, Axa, Prudential top spenders' list

  • EU associations set template for Solvency II data exchange

    16 September 2014

    IMA, BVI and Club Ampere prepare table to assist reporting

  • Axa's de Mailly Nesle: CROs need to be controversial and constructive

    16 May 2014

    Chief risk officers should be the ones raising challenges in any decision-making process, says Axa's group CRO Alban de Mailly Nesle. But they also need to avoid being too negative, he tells Lorna Davies.

  • BNP Paribas hires Aon exec to grow UK custody business

    13 March 2014

    Felix Schachter to head insurance company sales

  • Generali places €1.25bn bond

    08 January 2014

    Issuance was 7.5 times oversubscribed

  • Investors welcome Swiss Re's solvency/hurricane contingent debt

    09 October 2013

    Reinsurer may repeat issuance for other perils

  • New capital muscles into the reinsurance business

    12 July 2013

    Hedge 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