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Hannover Re incurs €64m loss from hailstorm Andreas
17 October 2013Industry losses estimated at €2.5bn
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Montpelier Re to research alternatives to traditional cat models
14 October 2013Bermudian reinsurer sets up risk institute with Canadian and European academics
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Understand, don't blend, cat models
11 October 2013The changes afoot in insurance markets make an "own view of risk" essential to the future of today's firms – and the best approach is not through blending of catastrophe models, argues Mike Duffy
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Investors welcome Swiss Re's solvency/hurricane contingent debt
09 October 2013Reinsurer may repeat issuance for other perils
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Schroders launches ILS fund
08 October 2013Follows Schroders' purchase of Secquaero Advisors in June
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Swiss Re takes $240m hit from July hailstorms
23 September 2013Estimates industry-wide insured losses at $2.0bn-2.7bn
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German hailstorms will cost insurers around €3bn
17 September 2013Scor estimates its own losses at about €50m
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Key emerging risks have systemic implications
13 September 2013Cyber risks can cost companies more than most traditional risks combined, says a report from Guy Carpenter on emerging risks, which also covers climate change, space risk, pandemics and nanotechnology. The interconnectedness of the world means most of these also pose systemic threats, as these highlights from the report show
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Nakama Re issues $300m Japan earthquake bond
09 September 2013First bond sponsored directly by Zenkyoren
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Scor launches bond linked to extreme mortality risks in US
09 September 2013Will give protection against pandemics, nat cats and terrorism