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2018 Atlantic hurricane season - the calm after the storm?
01 June 2018Last year's Atlantic hurricane season was one of the most catastrophic in recent memory with insured losses estimated at over $130bn. Now 12 months later and on the first official day of the season, forecasters believe relative calmness awaits. But forecasters are often wrong. Paul Walsh reports.
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AIG hires Arch's Lyons as chief actuary, Arch appoints Morin as replacement
15 May 2018American International Group (AIG) has appointed Mark Lyons as senior vice president and chief actuary for general insurance.
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Swiss groups' solvency levels fall in 2017, analysis finds
10 May 2018Zurich Reinsurance and Echo Rueck among sharpest fallers
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Insurance groups get in early with public Solvency II documents
08 May 2018Standard Life Aberdeen, Legal & General among UK insurers updating effects of adjustments and transitional measures
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Lloyd's syndicates despair after reinsurance catastrophe rate rises vanish
23 April 2018Veterans express "horror" at the lack of movement in reinsurance rates after 2017's natural catastrophes, as David Walker reports
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Lloyd's syndicates detail extent of natcat losses
10 April 2018Annual accounts from Lloyd's syndicates show a leap in combined ratios and losses following 2017's natural catastrophes. David Walker analyses the figures
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Lloyd's syndicates issue capital calls exceeding $500m after horror 2017
10 April 2018Insurance pools call on Names to help repair damage
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XL Catlin licenses Praedicat's casualty catastrophe models
06 April 2018Software helps to predict the "next asbestos"
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Reinsurance Group of America commits to equal gender pay
04 April 2018US insurer boosts transparency on remuneration disparities
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Scientists hit out at US flood risk model attempts
26 March 2018Academics call for research into links to global warming