Archive

  • The Gherkin goes into receivership

    25 April 2014

    Major tenant Swiss Re sold building in 2007

  • Swiss Re names co-founder of BlackRock to board

    14 April 2014

    Susan Wagner becomes non-executive director

  • Auto-enrolment boosts UK group life markets

    08 April 2014

    Almost 11m people now covered through workplace, says Swiss Re

  • Partnership appoints bulk annuities director

    02 April 2014

    Costas Yiasoumi joins specialist UK insurer

  • Swiss Re, Scor and Munich Re share in Aviva's £5bn longevity risk swap

    06 March 2014

    Largest longevity deal with pension fund to date

  • Diversification and caution characterise insurers' 2014 asset strategies

    05 March 2014

    Another year of weak yields from bonds is prompting some insurers to continue diversifying their investment portfolios. But with predictions of weaker equity markets and continuing low interest rates, others are battening down the hatches. Jamie Bullen and Christopher Cundy report

  • Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway would clean-up following major cat

    04 March 2014

    Climate change not influencing cat risk calculations – yet

  • Actuarial paper at centre of health data storm

    25 February 2014

    UK health records may be inaccessible to actuaries in future

  • Cole replaces Quinn as Swiss Re CFO

    20 February 2014

    Search is on for new CRO

  • Raising the standard of internal model governance

    05 February 2014

    Internal models are increasingly used for decision making and producing figures for financial reports, but model governance procedures have not kept pace with these changing demands. Dominic Rau and Christian Wegmann outline a framework for improving assurance