Archive

  • Twenty UK insurers await news on Solvency II internal model application

    03 December 2015

    PRA expected to announce decisions over the weekend

  • Lloyd's CROs create new committee

    11 November 2015

    Chaucer's Penny Shaw to chair LMA's chief risk officer group

  • InsuranceERM/Towers Watson Risk Technology Report

    29 October 2015

    Senior risk and capital executives share their thoughts on risk technology, the pressures the industry faces, downsides of adopting new technology and the future shape of the industry.

  • Insurers demand action on climate change

    01 October 2015

    Fifteen insurance chiefs call for "urgent action" in letter to the governor of the Bank of England

  • Stress-testing the red tape

    30 July 2015

    Is the regulatory bureaucracy imposed on the London market damaging its ability to react in the aftermath of a major catastrophe? Christopher Cundy reports

  • Hiscox appoints head of capital management

    28 January 2015

    Craig Martindale will unite the insurer's models

  • The threat from cyber: Are insurers heading for a meltdown?

    05 January 2015

    The recent establishment of a dedicated cyber insurance agency in London by former US homeland security secretary Tom Ridge demonstrates its growing popularity. But as the prevalence of recent high-profile hacking incidents demonstrates, this is not a class without its dangers, as Marcus Alcock investigates

  • Hiscox appoints Hanna Kam as CRO

    04 December 2014

    Replaces Penny Shaw who moved to rival Chaucer Syndicates

  • Hiscox reveals $11m net loss from Hurricane Odile

    10 November 2014

    Will review group capital position at year end

  • Loose contract wording is claims' time bomb

    15 September 2014

    Financial health and reputation of reinsurers at stake, says Hiscox