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UK storms and floods to cost £1.1bn
13 March 2014Insurers paying out equivalent of £6.7m a day for flooding
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Expect more frequent weather extremes, says Allianz director
28 February 2014Omen: Q4 2013 generated the most UK claims in a decade
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Phoenix Companies hires new CRO
25 February 2014MassMutual executive Mark Griffin joins US life insurer
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UK floods will not hit capital buffers
21 February 2014Standard and Poor's does not expect non-life insurers to suffer
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UK flood insured loss to be "manageable"
18 February 2014Ongoing disaster likely to be a one-off negative for primary insurers
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UK annuities market faces competition probe
10 February 2014Move likely to benefit open-market annuity providers
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To call or not to call? Transition to Solvency II poses debt questions for insurers
07 February 2014Morgan 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
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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 Re launches weather risk desk
11 June 2013Edgar Bautista and Sandeep Ramachandran appointed as co-heads