Archive

  • IERM Comment: The space hurricane season is upon us

    31 July 2014

  • Zurich targets small pension funds with simplified longevity hedge

    31 July 2014

    Hedging contract obviates need to exchange collateral

  • Could the ILS market see a dead cat bounce?

    31 July 2014

    The pricing of catastrophe bonds is picking up after a sustained and dramatic slump. But could it just be a summer lull before the action resumes in the autumn? Christopher Cundy asks market observers what they make of the recent trend

  • Scor's strategic decisions await Solvency II model approval

    31 July 2014

    French reinsurer posts steady set of results for first half of 2014

  • Generali reaps benefits of shift to linked products

    31 July 2014

    Linked products' premiums jumped 31.3% overall on the back of a fourfold increase in Italy

  • RenRe's cat reinsurance premiums drop by a third

    30 July 2014

    Soft market tests underwriting discipline

  • UK insurers rush 'own interpretation' of Solvency II rules

    29 July 2014

    The Association of British Insurers has compiled a confidential paper setting out the industry's reading of the Solvency II rules in a number of contentious areas, prompting an update from the regulator saying where they have got it wrong. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Hiscox to shrink reinsurance book further

    29 July 2014

    Lloyd's insurer disinclined "to squeeze the same lemon" as rates hit "unhealthy levels"

  • Flood reinsurance scheme could fail to make payments in bad years

    28 July 2014

    Moody's warns of risk of underfunding after proposals to cap government transfers

  • At-retirement market to triple by 2023

    28 July 2014

    Inflows to reach £50bn, as annuities remain substantial, predicts Towers Watson