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UK general insurers pass 2017 stress test, but could improve cat modelling
07 December 2017Prudential Regulation Authority's economic downturn scenario is biggest threat
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California forest fire bill nears $10bn, insurance commissioner says
07 December 2017Insurers already meet claims worth almost one-third of total insured losses
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German life firms hold barely one-quarter of required interest reserves
07 December 2017Fitch estimates €150bn is needed in ZZR by 2024, given low interest rates
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AIR Worldwide halves upper estimate of hurricane Maria loss
07 December 2017New reports and closer analysis led to its revision, it says
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AI insurtech firm raises £4.4m funding from QBE and AIG's Greenberg
06 December 2017Cytora to increase capacity
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Pool Re teams up with Cranfield University in terrorism academic appointment
06 December 2017Andrew Silke to establish counterterrorism research unit
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A.M. Best's revised BCAR methodology could dent industry expansion plans
06 December 2017Guy Carpenter argues new way to generate capital adequacy ratio hits insurers entering new lines harder
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Legal & General waves goodbye to with-profits in $900m Swiss Re deal
06 December 2017ReAssure unit of Swiss giant will take on 1.1m closed-book policies
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Combining humans and robotics in underwriting
05 December 2017Brijesh Chandra explains how robotic process automation can raise the efficiency of underwriting operations and improve analytics – as well as highlighting aspects where the "human touch" is irreplaceable
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Three insurtech startups included in UK regulator's latest sandbox project
05 December 2017Etherisc, Sherpa and Wrisk to test products in closely supervised environment