Archive

  • JP Morgan hires Aon insurance asset head

    24 September 2013

    Gareth Haslip is latest recruit to insurance investment team

  • Swiss Re takes $240m hit from July hailstorms

    23 September 2013

    Estimates industry-wide insured losses at $2.0bn-2.7bn

  • Sharma quits PRA to join consulting firm

    20 September 2013

    Deputy head of UK's prudential regulator leaving after 20 years

  • Why HR should be in your risk culture club

    20 September 2013

    Who are the custodians of an organisation's risk culture and how can meaningful change be embedded? BaxterBruce's Jon Linturn explains.

  • JLT to pay $250m for Towers Watson's reinsurance brokerage

    20 September 2013

    Merger with JLT Re to "restore client choice" to reinsurance market, says Dominic Burke

  • Aegon leads, Aviva lags in reducing leverage

    19 September 2013

    Insurers to continue using excess cash to pay off debt, says Moody's

  • Leasing and trade finance could spice up insurers' portfolios

    18 September 2013

    The traditional bond markets are no longer satisfying insurers' desire for a secure, stable investment income. Portfolios need to be developed to include other new core asset classes and there are opportunities aplenty for the more nimble insurers, says Yasheen Rajan.

  • German hailstorms will cost insurers around €3bn

    17 September 2013

    Scor estimates its own losses at about €50m

  • Internal models diverge on treatment of credit risk

    17 September 2013

    Towers Watson reports on progress in risk calibration by UK life insurers

  • Solvent schemes of arrangement threatened

    16 September 2013

    KPMG raises concerns over PRA proposals