Archive

  • Oasis launches open source cat modelling software

    29 January 2014

    Framework is backed by 21 re/insurers and brokers

  • UK Christmas floods to cost £426m

    29 January 2014

    Damage from storms led to 174,000 claims

  • Annuity firms need own view of longevity improvement

    29 January 2014

    Individual UK annuity providers should confront the fact that their exposures to longevity risk from people living longer may be materially different from those indicated by the UK Office for National Statistics figures, says Matthew Edwards

  • MoneyMate rebrands Solvency II look-through tool

    28 January 2014

    More than 100 asset managers lined up to use the product

  • Ageas appoints State Street to manage funds

    27 January 2014

    Financial services firm to act as custodian for $4.5bn of Ageas' UK assets.

  • Insurers raise the heat on weather derivatives

    24 January 2014

    Rain or shine, the past year has seen a host of insurers jumping into the weather derivatives markets. Weather risks offer significant synergies with existing business lines and deal flow is on the up. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Oric appoints chairman

    24 January 2014

    Aviva's Michael Sicsic will head up the insurance risk data association

  • Aegon's credit rating survives €2.5bn accounting shift

    24 January 2014

    Accounting policy changes consistent with Solvency II

  • Insurers can reap rewards through "marginal" asset diversification

    23 January 2014

    Solvency II's high capital charges are no barrier, says BlackRock

  • QBE hires Aviva's CFO

    23 January 2014

    Pat Regan is leaving Aviva the to join Australian rival QBE