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  • UK storms and floods to cost £1.1bn

    13 March 2014

    Insurers paying out equivalent of £6.7m a day for flooding

  • Expect more frequent weather extremes, says Allianz director

    28 February 2014

    Omen: Q4 2013 generated the most UK claims in a decade

  • Phoenix Companies hires new CRO

    25 February 2014

    MassMutual executive Mark Griffin joins US life insurer

  • UK floods will not hit capital buffers

    21 February 2014

    Standard and Poor's does not expect non-life insurers to suffer

  • UK flood insured loss to be "manageable"

    18 February 2014

    Ongoing disaster likely to be a one-off negative for primary insurers

  • UK annuities market faces competition probe

    10 February 2014

    Move likely to benefit open-market annuity providers

  • To call or not to call? Transition to Solvency II poses debt questions for insurers

    07 February 2014

    Morgan Stanley analysis of Solvency II's capital grandfathering rules suggests some insurers' bonds may not be redeemed at first call. But insurers will have to balance their capital needs against their reputation in the debt markets

  • Beazley boosts profits by 25%

    06 February 2014

    Insurer reported lowest combined ratio since listing 12 years ago

  • MoneyMate rebrands Solvency II look-through tool

    28 January 2014

    More than 100 asset managers lined up to use the product

  • Insurers raise the heat on weather derivatives

    24 January 2014

    Rain 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