Archive

  • Typhoon Haiyan's economic impact to outstrip insured loss

    08 November 2013

    Low insurance penetration in the Philippines means insured losses will be low

  • AIR estimates St Jude/Christian cost up to €2.3bn

    07 November 2013

    Majority of losses in Denmark and Germany

  • Will RMS(one) be the one?

    01 November 2013

    The 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

  • Technology Guide 2013-14: vendors react to Solvency II delays

    29 October 2013

    Both 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?

  • Low-cost modelling platform claims "ground breaking" computation speeds

    24 October 2013

    Marriott Sinclair's Tyche takes advantage of parallel processing

  • Hannover Re incurs €64m loss from hailstorm Andreas

    17 October 2013

    Industry losses estimated at €2.5bn

  • Reinsurers and brokers steeled for "post-convergence" markets

    10 September 2013

    The 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

  • Aspen, Montpelier sign up to AIR's cat platform

    23 July 2013

    Major brokers and other re/insurers subscribe to Touchstone

  • Muted restart to Omnibus II trialogue

    16 July 2013

    Directive is likely to emerge in early 2014

  • European flood losses surpass $1.6bn

    16 July 2013

    Partner Re is latest to report impact