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  • Hannover Re incurs €64m loss from hailstorm Andreas

    17 October 2013

    Industry losses estimated at €2.5bn

  • Swiss Re takes $240m hit from July hailstorms

    23 September 2013

    Estimates industry-wide insured losses at $2.0bn-2.7bn

  • German hailstorms will cost insurers around €3bn

    17 September 2013

    Scor estimates its own losses at about €50m

  • Reinsurers and brokers steeled for "post-convergence" markets

    10 September 2013

    The rise of alternative capital has been the talking point at this year's reinsurance Rendez-vous in Monte Carlo. The $45bn currently in play could double in next three years, but what will be the effect on pricing and how reinsurers and brokers operate? Christopher Cundy reports

  • Scor's €50m internal model at heart of new strategy

    09 September 2013

    Chairman Denis Kessler says firm is operating in Solvency II environment

  • Scor launches bond linked to extreme mortality risks in US

    09 September 2013

    Will give protection against pandemics, nat cats and terrorism

  • Scor to set up loan investment platform

    04 September 2013

    Reinsurer is raising allocation to corporate, real estate and infrastructure debt

  • European flood losses surpass $1.6bn

    16 July 2013

    Partner Re is latest to report impact

  • Scor, Validus estimate German flood losses

    11 July 2013

    Industry-wide losses predicted at $4bn-$5bn

  • Shaun Wang joins Geneva Association

    10 June 2013

    Former GSU professor to head think-tank's research