Archive

  • PartnerRe and Axis to merge in $11bn deal

    26 January 2015

    Tumbling premiums fuelling wave of consolidation in reinsurance sector

  • Sub debt "better than reinsurance" for capital management

    12 January 2015

    Twelve Capital ponders best solution for Solvency II

  • L&G creates new bulk annuities role

    09 January 2015

    Towner joins insurer from consultant Redington

  • Friends Life merger will strengthen capital and liquidity, says Aviva

    24 November 2014

    Deal would create UK's largest life insurer

  • Disposals assist European insurance capital

    06 November 2014

    Generali, Zurich and RSA post Q3 results

  • Alpha Insurance shores up capital ahead of Solvency II

    20 October 2014

    Danish insurer raises €20m in private debt markets

  • Could the ILS market see a dead cat bounce?

    31 July 2014

    The pricing of catastrophe bonds is picking up after a sustained and dramatic slump. But could it just be a summer lull before the action resumes in the autumn? Christopher Cundy asks market observers what they make of the recent trend

  • Insurance debt fund begins lending

    21 July 2014

    Twelve Capital has "strong pipeline"

  • Amlin raises stake in ILS venture

    09 July 2014

    Takes 75% of Leadenhall Capital Partners

  • Hedge funds bring risk and return to reinsurance business

    24 June 2014

    Hedge funds are changing the nature of reinsurance. The heavy emphasis on investment returns might serve them well in declining reinsurance markets, but there are risks involved with this approach. Sarfraz Thind reports