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AIG weighs on restructuring to escape Sifi-tag
05 May 2015Follows GE's decision to sell banking business
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Fed weighs up two-step roll out of capital requirements
08 April 2015Industry lobbies against rapid implementation of Sifi reforms
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A new breed of casualty cat models
07 April 2015Modelling of a casualty or liability catastrophe has traditionally lacked the sophistication seen in the property cat world, despite its potential for harming insurers. The industry and regulators are waking up to this threat and new solutions are being developed. Christopher Cundy reports
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Gen Re licenses AIR's cat models and platform
16 March 2015Chaucer to use RMS SCS models
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Transamerica hires Consedine to head government affairs
25 February 2015Ex-Pennsylvania insurance commissioner joins industry
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Fairfax to acquire Brit Insurance for £1.22bn
17 February 2015Latest in series of major M&A deals
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US insurers urge Fed to customise Sifi regulations
10 February 2015Banking regulations are inappropriate, says American Council of Life Insurers
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Solvency II equivalence under threat
06 February 2015Europe's politicians are demanding a greater say in which countries can be deemed equivalent to Solvency II, amid fears that the European Commission is not moving fast enough with decisions that are crucial to insurers worldwide. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Senate reauthorises TRIA
09 January 2015Bill to be signed into law by President Obama
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The threat from cyber: Are insurers heading for a meltdown?
05 January 2015The recent establishment of a dedicated cyber insurance agency in London by former US homeland security secretary Tom Ridge demonstrates its growing popularity. But as the prevalence of recent high-profile hacking incidents demonstrates, this is not a class without its dangers, as Marcus Alcock investigates