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  • Analysing your way to a digital advantage

    The digital era presents a golden opportunity to engage with customers – and insurers should ensure they are not left behind, says David Ovenden, Insurance Management Consultancy Leader, Towers Watson

  • A new breed of casualty cat models

    07 April 2015

    Modelling of a casualty or liability catastrophe has traditionally lacked the sophistication seen in the property cat world, despite its potential for harming insurers. The industry and regulators are waking up to this threat and new solutions are being developed. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Marsh poaches head of risk from National Australia Bank

    07 April 2015

    Sally Williams replaces John Nicholson, who has retired

  • Eiopa sticks to its guns on Solvency II recovery plans

    07 April 2015

    Commission advised on rules for insurers found in breach of capital requirements

  • Reinsurance is flexible and cost-effective for Solvency II capital needs

    02 April 2015

    There are other advantages, too, over equity and hybrid capital, which are more complex to issue, as Peter Bärnreuther and Norbert Kuschel describe

  • PwC partner joins Towers Watson

    02 April 2015

    Frédéric Traimond to lead RCS division in southwest Europe

  • The three most overused phrases in insurance

    02 April 2015

    US insurers name the buzzwords of 2014

  • Germany takes brunt of windstorm Niklas

    01 April 2015

    Too soon for loss estimates

  • Data: it's a question of confidence

    Information is at the heart of effective risk and capital management, so making sure data solutions are robust is a necessity for modern insurers, as MBE's Andries Beukes explains

  • Endurance to acquire Montpelier Re for $1.83bn

    31 March 2015

    Combined cash and shares deal for Bermudian reinsurer