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Insurers face "biggest ever" financial reporting change
21 June 2013Third draft of international standard on insurer accounting released
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RMS cloud will be AIR-less
21 June 2013Catastrophe modelling firms are promising to shift risk management into a higher gear with the launch of their various platforms and RMS has even thrown open its new service to third-party modellers. AIR Worldwide's Bill Churney explains why his firm won't be joining in
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German insured loss from flooding could reach €5.8bn
20 June 2013Impact similar to if 2002 flood occurred today, according to AIR Worldwide
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Infrastructure investment in vogue following Axa's €10bn plan
19 June 2013Concerns about treatment under Solvency II partially recede, says Fitch
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Swiss Re stops 23 transactions on ethical grounds
19 June 2013Applies Principles for Sustainable Insurance for the first time
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Industry digests impact of LTGA
18 June 2013The insurance industry has had barely three days to consider the report from Eiopa on the long-term guarantees assessment, but it's long enough for experts to have identified several problems and for lobby group Insurance Europe to express its disappointment at the latest proposals on Solvency II. Christopher Cundy reports
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Hannover Re predicts German flood loss at €100m-200m
17 June 2013Reaffirms income guidance of around €800m for 2013
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Reporting is top concern in Solvency II preparation guidelines
12 June 2013Four consultants offer their thoughts on the most challenging aspects of the Solvency II preparation guidelines – and where insurers will be petitioning for change
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EU Parliament urges Council to stop stalling on Solvency II
11 June 2013Impending end of current parliamentary term threatens progress on financial markets reforms
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Insured losses from German flood to reach €2.5bn-3bn
11 June 2013But impact on insurers' credit profiles "should be minimal", says Fitch