Archive

• Cat modellers set out their platforms

  26 February 2013

  For Eqecat, AIR and RMS, the future is platforms and the promise to give clients more model transparency and control. Open-architecture initiatives such as Oasis are also gearing up. Lorna Davies details the developments

• Hiscox brands SII "surreal" and FSA "inexperienced"

  25 February 2013

  But the soon-to-retire chairman hands over reins "with a happy heart"

• Sandy swells Q4 loss for AIG

  22 February 2013

  Storm was second largest single catastrophe event for US insurer

• The unresolved issues of Solvency II

  21 February 2013

  The delay of full implementation to beyond 2014 will allow extra time for important details in all three pillars of Solvency II to be resolved – and may bring old niggles to the surface again. Lorna Davies looks into some of the outstanding issues, for policy-makers and insurers, that will be kicked over in the coming months

• Lloyd's softens Solvency II timetable

  21 February 2013

  London market sets out plans for 2013

• Insurers look ahead to "bigger, faster, scarier" market

  15 February 2013

  Lloyd's, Solvency II and FSA "holy trinity of trouble," says Novae survey

• Catlin increases Sandy loss

  11 February 2013

  While IAG suffers from Oswald

• Asta brings new syndicate to Lloyd's

  05 February 2013

  Nephila-backed Syndicate 2357 will underwrite catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance

• Lloyd's upgrades software ready for Solvency II dry-run

  17 January 2013

  Camradata's Iras tool is installed for testing in summer

• Fitch estimates $20bn loss for Sandy

  09 January 2013

  At high end of industry loss estimates so far