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Typhoon Haiyan's economic impact to outstrip insured loss
08 November 2013Low insurance penetration in the Philippines means insured losses will be low
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AIR estimates St Jude/Christian cost up to €2.3bn
07 November 2013Majority of losses in Denmark and Germany
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Will RMS(one) be the one?
01 November 2013The one system to manage all cat exposures and risks, that is. Early testers are enthusiastic, but RMS's claims for its new platform will take some time to assess, and the cost of using it could be a hindrance. Christopher Cundy reports
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Technology Guide 2013-14: vendors react to Solvency II delays
29 October 2013Both users and vendors of risk management systems have faced difficult decisions as a result of the further delay in Solvency II implementation. We look at the opportunities and problems created by this and issues such as: do faster systems have to be more complex, as well as more expensive, and will vendors offer more transparency into their models?
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Low-cost modelling platform claims "ground breaking" computation speeds
24 October 2013Marriott Sinclair's Tyche takes advantage of parallel processing
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Hannover Re incurs €64m loss from hailstorm Andreas
17 October 2013Industry losses estimated at €2.5bn
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Reinsurers and brokers steeled for "post-convergence" markets
10 September 2013The rise of alternative capital has been the talking point at this year's reinsurance Rendez-vous in Monte Carlo. The $45bn currently in play could double in next three years, but what will be the effect on pricing and how reinsurers and brokers operate? Christopher Cundy reports
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Aspen, Montpelier sign up to AIR's cat platform
23 July 2013Major brokers and other re/insurers subscribe to Touchstone
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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