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California engages academics to deliver public wildfire catastrophe model

Joint effort from California Department of Insurance and California State Polytechnic University

European supervisors warn of usual suspects threatening the EU financial system

Direct Line begins recovery, promises more next year

Investors sceptical about upturn of net insurance margin

Direct Line admits solvency capital ratio miscalculation

The UK insurer found the mistake while preparing its H1 2024 results

Specialist ILS asset managers Twelve Capital and Securis to merge

Japan's FSA probes personal data leak at Tokio Marine unit

UK's "dynamic" general insurance stress test will assess real-time reactions to events

Firms will be handed a sequence of stresses over three weeks in May 2025

Maximum Information and Aon secure funding for project to connect humanitarian aid with hurricane insurance

UK government-backed project aims to overhaul the way insurers and aid agencies manage cyclone risk

Direct Line changes gears with launch on price comparison websites

CEO Adam Winslow admitted Direct Line Group had previously suffered from an "overreliance" on direct sales

US Department of Labor recommendations on IB 95-1 likely to please PRT insurers

But bulk annuity sector remains threatened with stricter fiduciary rules