Archive

  • Soft market causes split among reinsurers on cat risk strategy

    02 September 2015

    Firms taking on greater cat risks face increased balance sheet volatility

  • Argo hires Hindson as CRO

    02 September 2015

    Alex Hindson is second risk officer to leave Amlin for Argo

  • Guy Carpenter expands European hail model

    02 September 2015

    Final model covers twelve countries on the continent

  • IFoA launches accreditation scheme

    01 September 2015

    QAS offers accreditation for commitment to actuarial quality

  • Eiopa updates T4U

    01 September 2015

    Solvency II reporting tool ready for 2016

  • Casualty reinsurance renewals decline amid softening T&Cs

    01 September 2015

    Specialists fear broad T&Cs and differential terms are risky and unsustainable

  • Third-country insurance branches to report on XBRL format

    28 August 2015

    PRA sets out expectations after the publication of Solvency II guidelines

  • Deal on reinsurance collateral stalls over bureaucratic hurdles

    27 August 2015

    Negotiations between the EU and the US were scheduled for before the summer, but have yet to start. There is a growing concern that the delay thwarts plans to grant the US equivalence status under Solvency II before the regime goes live. Hugo Coelho reports.

  • RMS partners with MSIG Mingtai Insurance to model Taiwanese typhoon risk

    27 August 2015

    Model will form part of RMS' Asia Typhoon Model

  • Surge in pension buy-outs expected in coming weeks

    27 August 2015

    PwC urges firms to transfer liability risks to insurers before Solvency II stems price hike