Archive

  • Reinsurance capital influx raises government interest in cat coverage

    02 September 2013

    Significant growth opportunities for catastrophe excess-of-loss market, says Aon Benfield's Christian

  • Absence of hurricanes in August may not be good news

    02 September 2013

    History suggests deadly Atlantic storms could arrive soon, says AccuWeather.com

  • ILS market set to broaden in scope

    30 August 2013

    Lower spreads no barrier to market growth, says Aon Benfield Securities

  • Zurich to investigate pressures on CFO

    30 August 2013

    Pierre Wauthier's suicide note mentions chairman Ackermann

  • How to develop multi-year capital projections for the ORSA

    29 August 2013

    Solvency II firms have a lot to do to develop their modelling capabilities into a multi-period capital projections. This is why Craig Turnbull and Andy Frepp recommend insurers invest in statistically robust multi-period capital proxy functions such as least-squares Monte Carlo

  • Investment environment remains biggest challenge to reinsurers

    29 August 2013

    Softening prices also a threat, says Fitch

  • Zurich chairman resigns after CFO's death

    29 August 2013

    Josef Ackermann says his leadership was in question

  • LV= to grow actuarial team by 20%

    28 August 2013

    Recruitment drive follows restructuring of life and general insurance teams

  • FSB urges US to pursue federal regulation

    28 August 2013

    State-based system leads to inconsistent supervision

  • The risks that we most worry about

    27 August 2013

    A poor economy is the biggest fear for the French, while the Chinese are most concerned about climate change and pollution. These are two of the findings from Swiss Re's global survey of risk perceptions, designed to open a dialogue about risks and how society tackles them in future. David Cole explains