Archive

  • Insurers need global view on nat cat exposures

    16 January 2013

    2011 global losses were well within range insurers should be prepared for, says AIR

  • Record capital creates reinsurance supply and demand gap

    15 January 2013

    Cat bond total reached $6.3bn in 2012, says Aon Benfield

  • Allianz reports $590m Sandy loss, but profit unchanged

    15 January 2013

    2012 profit should exceed €9bn forecast, says CFO

  • Hannover Re hit by €261m Sandy loss

    14 January 2013

    But profit is unchanged

  • Insurers should be ready for solar storm

    14 January 2013

    Peak due in early 2013, says Aon Benfield Analytics

  • Validus raises $400m third-party capital for sidecar and ILS

    11 January 2013

    $219.4m invested in ILS funds for first time

  • AIG closes $400m Compass Re cat bond

    10 January 2013

    Makes total issuance $1.85bn over past three years

  • Cat bonds raised $5.9bn capital in 2012

    09 January 2013

    Second only to 2007, when $7bn came to market

  • Fitch estimates $20bn loss for Sandy

    09 January 2013

    At high end of industry loss estimates so far

  • Governments must think like insurers in face of rising risks

    08 January 2013

    Should transfer risks to capital markets, says WEF