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  • Preparing for major crop losses in China

    02 December 2014

    When we think of catastrophic crop-related losses, China isn't necessarily the first country to spring to mind, but the potential for a multi-billion industry insured loss event is one that needs to be taken seriously, according to Heidi Wang and Jacqueline Chen

  • Eiopa seeks to limit insurers' exposures to government bonds

    02 December 2014

    Stress tests expose vulnerability of insurers with concentrated exposures

  • Eiopa presses ahead with insurance resolution

    02 December 2014

    National supervisors should gain additional powers

  • Aviva and Friends Life agree terms of £5.6bn deal

    02 December 2014

    Boards recommend all-share acquisition

  • Stress tests expose €8.3bn capital shortfall

    01 December 2014

    About 16% of insurers surveyed fail to meet Solvency II requirements

  • Eight years of low rates enough to topple insurers

    01 December 2014

    Nearly one in four fall short of capital in stress scenario

  • Portuguese supervisor finds 20% of insurers with capital shortfall

    28 November 2014

    Average solvency capital requirement is 101%, according to Solvency II impact study

  • Brisbane storm could cost $130m

    28 November 2014

    Worst to hit area since 1985

  • Morgan Stanley: insurers entering "expansion" cycle

    28 November 2014

    Firms expected to re-risk and raise leverage

  • France takes another Solvency II test

    27 November 2014

    There has been much talk about the challenges of preparing for Solvency II, but only insurers in France can claim to have had anything like a real test. Romain Paserot at French regulator ACPR shares his view of progress with Christopher Cundy