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FSB launches consultation on risk appetite frameworks
17 July 2013Lays out responsibilities for chief risk officers
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Why big data is a big deal
17 July 2013It's often said that insurance will be one of the many industries to benefit from the big data revolution. Peggy Brinkmann and Nancy Watkins break down the buzzwords and explain the techniques insurers can use to improve their risk analysis, detection of claims fraud and marketing
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Muted restart to Omnibus II trialogue
16 July 2013Directive is likely to emerge in early 2014
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European flood losses surpass $1.6bn
16 July 2013Partner Re is latest to report impact
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Boards struggle to understand internal model outputs
15 July 2013Visualisation techniques can help get message across, says LCP
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New capital muscles into the reinsurance business
12 July 2013Hedge funds, pension funds and wealth managers are among the newer investors reshaping the way that reinsurance operates and prices risk. These non-traditional investors like the returns available and the lack of correlation with other capital markets. But do they fully appreciate the risks? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Twelve Capital hires leading risk management academic
12 July 2013Markus Stricker joins Swiss insurance investment firm
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Scor, Validus estimate German flood losses
11 July 2013Industry-wide losses predicted at $4bn-$5bn
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G-SII "backstop capital" a springboard to global capital standard
11 July 2013Zurich CEO says fragmented capital rules are intolerable in the long term
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"Rise in flood costs can be prevented"
10 July 2013Better controls are needed, says Munich Re's Jeworrek, as first half cat loss report released