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  • UK general insurers pass 2017 stress test, but could improve cat modelling

    07 December 2017

    Prudential Regulation Authority's economic downturn scenario is biggest threat

  • California forest fire bill nears $10bn, insurance commissioner says

    07 December 2017

    Insurers already meet claims worth almost one-third of total insured losses

  • German life firms hold barely one-quarter of required interest reserves

    07 December 2017

    Fitch estimates €150bn is needed in ZZR by 2024, given low interest rates

  • AIR Worldwide halves upper estimate of hurricane Maria loss

    07 December 2017

    New reports and closer analysis led to its revision, it says

  • AI insurtech firm raises £4.4m funding from QBE and AIG's Greenberg

    06 December 2017

    Cytora to increase capacity

  • Pool Re teams up with Cranfield University in terrorism academic appointment

    06 December 2017

    Andrew Silke to establish counterterrorism research unit

  • A.M. Best's revised BCAR methodology could dent industry expansion plans

    06 December 2017

    Guy Carpenter argues new way to generate capital adequacy ratio hits insurers entering new lines harder

  • Legal & General waves goodbye to with-profits in $900m Swiss Re deal

    06 December 2017

    ReAssure unit of Swiss giant will take on 1.1m closed-book policies

  • Combining humans and robotics in underwriting

    05 December 2017

    Brijesh 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

  • Three insurtech startups included in UK regulator's latest sandbox project

    05 December 2017

    Etherisc, Sherpa and Wrisk to test products in closely supervised environment