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Stephen Catlin and Paul Brand: how we’re going to challenge the status quo
20 August 2019A new re/insurer enters the business at a time when rates are hardening for the first time in years. But what can Convex do differently to the incumbents? Sarfraz Thind talks to the founders to find out
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US regulators must focus on cyber, technology
06 August 2019Linda Lacewell highlights need for more women in insurance at NAIC's New York event
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First five years of ICS will be for observation, not prescription
05 August 2019IAIS says International Capital Standard is not a capital-raising exercise, but questions remain
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Suncorp drops coal insurance
29 July 2019Australian insurer will no longer insure or invest in thermal coal
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Insurers vie with funds for control of PG&E
26 July 2019Group owed $20bn from California wildfire aims to takeover bankrupt utility
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FASB votes to delay LDTI, CECL accounting standards
19 July 2019Accounting body responds to market pressure
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Climate risk in the US: time to stand up
18 July 2019Trenchant politics, vested interests, short-term thinking ... tackling climate change in the US is an uphill battle. Washington insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler tells Sarfraz Thind about the difficulties of standing up to the status quo
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Nasdaq ModEx signs CoreLogic to provide US earthquake model
18 June 2019Third US cat model on Nasdaq’s multi-vendor cat platform
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US commercial lines business improving, says Fitch
14 June 2019Insurers buoyed by strengthening premiums, but concerns remain over nat cat losses
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US House Committee agrees on reformed national flood bill
13 June 2019Unanimous agreement on NFIP reforms to enact it for next five years
- Bermuda's hot life reinsurance market draws the crowds
- Ageas to acquire Saga's insurance unit alongside long-term UK distribution deal
- Solvency data reveals eight Italian life firms' lapses outweighed their premiums in 2023
- Climate Financial Risk Forum issues nature and scenario guidance for insurers
- Mortality rates for young adults remain high, CMI reports
- City of London Corporation launches insurance steering board
- Hurricane Milton insured losses estimated at $30-50bn, says Fitch
- Hurricane Milton could exhaust US P&C insurers' natcat budgets
- Axa study reveals record levels of perceived vulnerability amid global polycrisis
- Phoenix Group appoints group CRO and chief actuary
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Hurricanes Helene and Milton could cost insurers up to $55bn, says Moody's RMS
14 October 2024Moody's full loss estimate for Hurricane Milton expected later this week
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Ireland faces more frequent flooding from climate change
14 October 2024Irish regulator assesses the flood protection gap and identifies vulnerabilities
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Time to adopt ICS, conclude AM comparable
14 October 2024The deadline to adopt the Insurance Capital Standard is fast approaching and a crucial decision on comparability with the US Aggregation Method awaits. ACLI's Mariana Gomez-Vock argues it is time for supervisors to resolve their differences
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UK motor premiums drop for third consecutive quarter
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Singapore blocks Allianz's $2.2bn bid for Income Insurance
14 October 2024Deal opposed on grounds it would change social mission of local insurer