Archive

• 2018 cat losses will be far worse than headline figures

  25 January 2019

  Loss creep and unmodelled losses to blame, says JLT Re

• Two-track trend in property cat renewals

  02 January 2019

  Jan reinsurance renewals come after 2018 was the fourth most costly catastrophe year ever

• JLT Re promotes actuarial analyst into cyber risk role

  04 September 2018

  Jamie Pocock takes up position as head of cyber analytics

• Cat modelling firms facing renewed pressure on loss estimates

  13 July 2018

  JLT Re urges cat modellers to strengthen authority over post-event loss forecasts

• The long-term impacts of 2017's natural catastrophes

  06 February 2018

  Following the devastation caused by hurricanes and wildfires last year, Paul Walsh asks the industry what the lessons are for insurers and risk modellers

• JLT predicts industry's 2017 nat cat bill exceeding $140bn

  02 February 2018

  The broker says much can be learned from the disasters

• PCS launches terrorism loss index

  24 January 2018

  Hopes to grow market for terrorism risk transfer

• Blockchain confronts the valley of death

  29 November 2017

  Blockchain technology has proven applications in the insurance sector, but can it fulfil its promise to revolutionise the business? Paul Walsh investigates the questions around standards, costs and risks for this emerging technology

• Blockchain initiative B3i launches testing programme with 23 new members

  02 October 2017

  Re/insurers and brokers test distributed ledger technology

• Reinsurance buying evolves as Solvency II kicks off

  12 January 2016

  The arrival of Solvency II has not dominated the 1 January reinsurance renewals, but it is having a fundamental effect on buying strategies, according to brokers. Christopher Cundy reports