Archive

• 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

• RenRe's cat reinsurance premiums drop by a third

  30 July 2014

  Soft market tests underwriting discipline

• Insurers raise the heat on weather derivatives

  24 January 2014

  Rain 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

• Munich Re acquires RenRe's weather risk unit

  03 September 2013

  RenRe Energy Advisors sold for "mid double-digit million" dollars

• New capital muscles into the reinsurance business

  12 July 2013

  Hedge funds, pension funds and wealth managers are among the newer investors reshaping the way that reinsurance operates and prices risk. These non-traditional investors like the returns available and the lack of correlation with other capital markets. But do they fully appreciate the risks? Sarfraz Thind reports

• RMS to phase out RiskLink in 2019

  09 May 2013

  Cat modeller pushing new platform