Archive

  • Axis Re hires Mark Julian as chief pricing actuary

    07 April 2020

    He takes up the newly created role from 20 April

  • Return on equity falls in soft markets for global reinsurers

    06 September 2017

    Willis Re says industry profitability relies on reserve releases

  • Axis to acquire Novae for $604m

    06 July 2017

    Deal creates London specialty insurer with $2bn of annual premiums

  • Novae exits four casualty lines

    10 May 2017

    Lloyd's specialty insurer closes its casualty division as forecasts look bleak

  • The ongoing ordeal of Ogden

    11 April 2017

    The change to UK's damages discount rate came as a huge surprise to many insurers. But this is far from being a one-off shock. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Insurers risk losing cyber business

    24 February 2017

    Other forms of financial protection will fill the void as the industry struggles with lack of data and aggregation risk

  • Patel takes CFO role at Novae

    17 January 2017

    Changes role after 2.5 years as chief risk officer

  • Brexit fears hang over life insurers

    08 July 2016

    Share prices weaken in two weeks since referendum

  • Lloyd's CROs create new committee

    11 November 2015

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

  • 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