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Reinsurance is flexible and cost-effective for Solvency II capital needs
02 April 2015There are other advantages, too, over equity and hybrid capital, which are more complex to issue, as Peter Bärnreuther and Norbert Kuschel describe
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Sun Life claims first Canadian longevity swap
04 March 2015Insurer takes on C$5bn of pension fund liabilities and buys reinsurance from Scor and RGA
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2014's nat cats cost insurers $31bn
07 January 2015Losses are 20% lower than in 2013 says Munich Re
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Risk of Asian flood losses widespread says Guy Carpenter
30 October 2014Population concentration in flood-prone areas increasing risk
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Targeting reinsurance systemic risk
23 October 2014All eyes are on the FSB's forthcoming update of G-SIIs, which is expected to include reinsurers for the first time. Marcus Alcock looks at who might be on the list and what the implications are for the market
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$100bn event would not be solvency issue says Zurich
15 August 2014Kerner highlights plentiful capacity
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H1 nat cat losses $17bn says Munich Re
10 July 2014Well below 10 year average
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World Bank in debut cat bond issuance
01 July 2014Covers Caribbean quake and cyclone risks
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Levy takes reinsurance helm at Munich Re America
30 June 2014Pina Alba to join board of management
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China to be third largest primary insurance market by 2020
20 May 2014Only the US and Japan will be bigger