-
FASB votes to curtail convergence with IASB
25 February 2014Accounting board limits the scope of its project on insurance contracts
-
Hiscox remains cautious on investment risk
24 February 2014Re/insurer reported growth in premiums and profits in 2013
-
Oasis: a threat or a complement to the cat model giants?
21 February 2014A new open-source loss modelling framework, Oasis, is threatening to shake up the catastophe modelling establishment. Jamie Bullen asks insurers, scientists and cat modellers how they see it developing
-
Rothesay Life acquires MetLife's UK bulk annuity subsidiary
18 February 2014MetLife Assurance holds around £3bn in assets
-
Moody's Analytics claims credit modelling first
18 February 2014RiskFrontier 4.0 enables "bottom-up" consideration of credit and interest rate risk for the first time
-
IASB may finalise IFRS 9 this week
17 February 2014Board set to discuss accounting proposal this Thursday
-
Cincinnati Insurance places $100m private cat bond
14 February 2014The three-year note provides cover against earthquakes and storms
-
Guy Carpenter flags up 2014 risks
13 February 2014Drought in California and saturated European soil could cause disasters
-
Equality in insurance - still a decade or two away?
13 February 2014InsuranceERM and BNY Mellon recently hosted a discussion on issues of diversity and gender in insurance. A panel of industry leaders described the state of play and what needs to be done to make the sector more reflective of society
-
Towers Watson appoints global head of investment
12 February 2014Chris Ford is succeeding Carl Hess