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  • "Preparing for ORSA compliance will absorb substantial resources in 2014"

    08 January 2014

    Guy Carpenter's Donald Mango, vice chairman for enterprise analytics, and Markus Muller, risk management advisor EMEA, share their predictions for 2014 and reflections on 2013

  • Guy Carpenter calculates new reinsurance capital figure

    06 January 2014

    Estimates reinsurers held $322bn at year end

  • Soft January reinsurance rates caused by overcapacity

    03 January 2014

    US property catastrophe renewal rates most affected, says Willis Re

  • Property cat reinsurance renewal rates fall 11%

    30 December 2013

    Pricing dropped across all major territories for first time in over a decade, according to Guy Carpenter

  • Guy Carpenter launches MetaRisk 3

    10 December 2013

    Updated version of its reserve risk modelling tool

  • MetaRisk upgraded to allow cat model blending

    05 November 2013

    Guy Carpenter launches version 7.2 of risk and capital management software

  • 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

  • Technology Guide 2013-14: vendors react to Solvency II delays

    29 October 2013

    Both users and vendors of risk management systems have faced difficult decisions as a result of the further delay in Solvency II implementation. We look at the opportunities and problems created by this and issues such as: do faster systems have to be more complex, as well as more expensive, and will vendors offer more transparency into their models?

  • JLT to pay $250m for Towers Watson's reinsurance brokerage

    20 September 2013

    Merger with JLT Re to "restore client choice" to reinsurance market, says Dominic Burke

  • Loss of cat business to alternative capital "not all bad" for reinsurers

    04 September 2013

    Moody's sees signs of indiscipline in underwriting