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"Tide is rising" on gender equality in insurance sector
29 January 2014Lord Mayor Fiona Woolf urges women to persevere with efforts
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Oasis launches open source cat modelling software
29 January 2014Framework is backed by 21 re/insurers and brokers
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UK Christmas floods to cost £426m
29 January 2014Damage from storms led to 174,000 claims
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Annuity firms need own view of longevity improvement
29 January 2014Individual 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
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Insurers raise the heat on weather derivatives
24 January 2014Rain 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
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Insurers can reap rewards through "marginal" asset diversification
23 January 2014Solvency II's high capital charges are no barrier, says BlackRock
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Pricing of less risky cat bonds steadies
22 January 2014Investors approaching "minimum threshold", suggests Swiss Re
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Commercial real estate investors add to criticism of Solvency II capital charges
21 January 2014CFREC Europe and Inrev ask Eiopa to relax rules on commercial mortgage backed securities
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Eiopa to launch insurer stress test in April
20 January 2014Impact of prolonged low investment yields to be studied
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EU insurers' investments increasingly risky
20 January 2014Search for good yields means more speculative assets held, says Fitch