Archive

  • Asia's reinsurance market less bullish about growth

    06 November 2013

    Regional economic slowdown set to erode confidence

  • Hannover Re incurs €64m loss from hailstorm Andreas

    17 October 2013

    Industry losses estimated at €2.5bn

  • Axa places €350m cat bond

    16 October 2013

    The windstorm catastrophe bond is the largest euro-denominated issuance to date

  • JLT to pay $250m for Towers Watson's reinsurance brokerage

    20 September 2013

    Merger with JLT Re to "restore client choice" to reinsurance market, says Dominic Burke

  • New capital may produce systemic risk, warns Lloyd's chairman

    05 September 2013

    Capital must remain "properly attached" to underlying transaction, says John Nelson

  • Scor to set up loan investment platform

    04 September 2013

    Reinsurer is raising allocation to corporate, real estate and infrastructure debt

  • Loss of cat business to alternative capital "not all bad" for reinsurers

    04 September 2013

    Moody's sees signs of indiscipline in underwriting

  • Munich Re acquires RenRe's weather risk unit

    03 September 2013

    RenRe Energy Advisors sold for "mid double-digit million" dollars

  • Investment environment remains biggest challenge to reinsurers

    29 August 2013

    Softening prices also a threat, says Fitch

  • Third-party capital appetite for reinsurance may be inflated

    27 August 2013

    New money not rushing in blindly, says A M Best