Archive

  • "Tide is rising" on gender equality in insurance sector

    29 January 2014

    Lord Mayor Fiona Woolf urges women to persevere with efforts

  • 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

  • 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

  • Insurers can reap rewards through "marginal" asset diversification

    23 January 2014

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

  • Pricing of less risky cat bonds steadies

    22 January 2014

    Investors approaching "minimum threshold", suggests Swiss Re

  • Commercial real estate investors add to criticism of Solvency II capital charges

    21 January 2014

    CFREC Europe and Inrev ask Eiopa to relax rules on commercial mortgage backed securities

  • Eiopa to launch insurer stress test in April

    20 January 2014

    Impact of prolonged low investment yields to be studied

  • EU insurers' investments increasingly risky

    20 January 2014

    Search for good yields means more speculative assets held, says Fitch