Archive

  • UK floods will not hit capital buffers

    21 February 2014

    Standard and Poor's does not expect non-life insurers to suffer

  • Oasis: a threat or a complement to the cat model giants?

    21 February 2014

    A 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

  • Cole replaces Quinn as Swiss Re CFO

    20 February 2014

    Search is on for new CRO

  • Generali Spain appoints CEO

    20 February 2014

    Santiago Villa will head up the insurer's Spanish division

  • Insurance risk professionals see wages rise 30%

    20 February 2014

    Salary hike driven by shift in regulatory expectations and evolving business strategies

  • LCP hires PPO actuary

    19 February 2014

    Sarah MacDonnell joins from Towers Watson

  • Allianz to engage clients on sustainability risks

    19 February 2014

    Becomes latest signatory to Principles for Sustainable Insurance

  • Rothesay Life acquires MetLife's UK bulk annuity subsidiary

    18 February 2014

    MetLife Assurance holds around £3bn in assets

  • PRA consults on Solvency II deferred tax assets

    18 February 2014

    Responses to supervisory statement needed by 19 March

  • UK flood insured loss to be "manageable"

    18 February 2014

    Ongoing disaster likely to be a one-off negative for primary insurers