Archive

  • California wildfire insured losses to exceed $1bn

    09 October 2015

    Huge losses only weeks into wildfire season while 1-in-1,000 year rainfall hits South Carolina

  • Aviva wins £2.4bn longevity deal

    15 September 2015

    Insures risk in pension plan of brewer Heineken

  • Argo hires Hindson as CRO

    02 September 2015

    Alex Hindson is second risk officer to leave Amlin for Argo

  • Astra declared insolvent

    27 August 2015

    Lack of cooperation by main shareholders sealed insurer's fate

  • Astra edges towards bankruptcy

    21 August 2015

    Romanian insurer fails to attract investment

  • Leading Romanian insurer has negative solvency margin

    16 July 2015

    Four firms taking recovery measures ahead of Solvency II

  • Impact Forecasting adds Oasis compatibility to Elements

    06 July 2015

    Version 9.5 upgrades include API and reporting tools

  • Asta turns up the heat on pillar 3

    30 June 2015

    The road to Solvency II reporting has not been easy. For Lloyd's syndicates, complying with the additional challenges of the Lloyd's market regulations, things are perhaps even tougher. Managing agency Asta explains to Sarfraz Thind how it is preparing for lift-off next year.

  • Apra releases benchmarks for risk margin and diversification

    17 February 2015

    General insurers' figures in line with expectations

  • Flood simulations inundate the cat modelling scene

    27 January 2015

    Flood models feature heavily in the release plans of catastrophe modelling companies. Christopher Cundy talks to the main providers about their 2015 schedules.