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Preparing for major crop losses in China
02 December 2014When 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
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Eiopa seeks to limit insurers' exposures to government bonds
02 December 2014Stress tests expose vulnerability of insurers with concentrated exposures
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Eiopa presses ahead with insurance resolution
02 December 2014National supervisors should gain additional powers
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Aviva and Friends Life agree terms of £5.6bn deal
02 December 2014Boards recommend all-share acquisition
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Stress tests expose €8.3bn capital shortfall
01 December 2014About 16% of insurers surveyed fail to meet Solvency II requirements
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Eight years of low rates enough to topple insurers
01 December 2014Nearly one in four fall short of capital in stress scenario
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Portuguese supervisor finds 20% of insurers with capital shortfall
28 November 2014Average solvency capital requirement is 101%, according to Solvency II impact study
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Brisbane storm could cost $130m
28 November 2014Worst to hit area since 1985
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Morgan Stanley: insurers entering "expansion" cycle
28 November 2014Firms expected to re-risk and raise leverage
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France takes another Solvency II test
27 November 2014There 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