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  • Russian insurers need underwriting discipline

    12 November 2013

    Failed to generate underwriting profit despite a 25% growth in business last year

  • Will RMS(one) be the one?

    01 November 2013

    The one system to manage all cat exposures and risks, that is. Early testers are enthusiastic, but RMS's claims for its new platform will take some time to assess, and the cost of using it could be a hindrance. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Technology Guide 2013-14: vendors react to Solvency II delays

    29 October 2013

    Both users and vendors of risk management systems have faced difficult decisions as a result of the further delay in Solvency II implementation. We look at the opportunities and problems created by this and issues such as: do faster systems have to be more complex, as well as more expensive, and will vendors offer more transparency into their models?

  • Aon updates storm surge model

    28 October 2013

    Data from superstorm Sandy has been added

  • Costs to implement accounting standards soar

    25 October 2013

    Predicted budget to meet IFRS standards is now $25m-50m

  • Conning updates risk management software

    18 October 2013

    Version 6.1 has enhancements for Asian users

  • The technologies reshaping insurance

    18 October 2013

    The insurance industry doesn't often evoke science fiction. But recent technological advances have been so drastic they could have leapt from the pages of Isaac Asimov. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Aon develops Colorado flood model

    17 October 2013

    Scenario model quantifies potential for flood losses in the US state

  • Aegon ditches ECB swap curve for Solvency I calculation

    03 September 2013

    Decision follows downgrade of France's credit rating

  • Mexican flood model launched

    27 August 2013

    Impact Forecasting's tool uses latest regional hazard data