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New York quizzes reinsurers on compliance with Iran sanctions
25 July 2013Firms face fines and bans for breaching new rules
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Cat bonds record second highest H2 total
22 July 2013Expanding investor base driving demand, says Swiss Re
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European flood losses surpass $1.6bn
16 July 2013Partner Re is latest to report impact
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New capital muscles into the reinsurance business
12 July 2013Hedge 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
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Twelve Capital hires leading risk management academic
12 July 2013Markus Stricker joins Swiss insurance investment firm
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G-SII "backstop capital" a springboard to global capital standard
11 July 2013Zurich CEO says fragmented capital rules are intolerable in the long term
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Swiss Re expects $300m in claims from European floods
08 July 2013Puts total cost to insurance industry at $3.5bn-4.5bn
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Emerging risks test re/insurers' monitoring systems
28 June 2013In an ever more complex, interconnected and fast-moving world, the task of spotting the emerging risks that could have critical impacts on insurance companies is becoming harder. Christopher Cundy reports on how firms are tackling the issue
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Reinsurers to wait another year for G-SII status
27 June 2013Insurers to be named next month
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Swiss Re CFO sees G-SIFI status having little impact on capital
24 June 2013Reallocates assets to bet on rising bond yields