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  • Omicron could inject further volatility into life reinsurers' returns, says S&P

    01 December 2021

    Ratings agency foresees possible doubling of cyber reinsurance rates by 2023

  • Apac reinsurers pricing risk on scenarios with limited history

    05 November 2021

    S&P Global says credit outlook is stable third loss-making year

  • Skuld flags 10% rate hike at February renewals as capital erodes

    05 November 2021

    Inflation, ratings agencies and choppy investment markets spur action

  • Life reinsurance "discovered its potential" through Covid, says Scor chief

    04 November 2021

    CEO Laurent Rousseau says cedents must provide more detail on climate risk exposures

  • China Re issues typhoon-linked ILS in Hong Kong

    01 October 2021

    Regulators are pushing for more from mainland re/insurers

  • CBIRC urges more cat bond issuance in Hong Kong

    30 September 2021

    Mainland insurers ceding little catastrophe risk as claims costs rise

  • China renews equivalence deal for Hong Kong reinsurers

    05 August 2021

    Six firms benefit from one-year extension to "preferential treatment"

  • Rising interest rates hit South Korean insurers' capital ratios

    18 June 2021

    The sector was also affected by higher capital requirements

  • Eiopa confirms cut to UFR in 2022

    22 April 2021

    No more than single-digit impact on insurer solvency ratios expected

  • Sydney flooding may prompt reinsurance rethink

    22 March 2021

    But reinsurers unlikely to vacate Australian market, practitioners say