Archive

  • S&P reins in "excessive complexity" of credit rating criteria

    10 May 2013

    Less than half of ratings expected to change

  • Asian solvency reforms - part 1

    10 May 2013

    Asian insurance markets have been growing fast, in terms of both their size and sophistication, and national supervisors are responding to the international pressure to improve their prudential regulatory regimes. Developments in Hong Kong, China and Singapore are covered in this first part

  • Credit ratings hinge on response to regulation, not regulation itself

    09 May 2013

    Complex capital adequacy models may not avoid another crisis, says Moody's

  • RMS to phase out RiskLink in 2019

    09 May 2013

    Cat modeller pushing new platform

  • RMS opens platform to third-party cat modellers

    09 May 2013

    Working with Eqecat, JBA and Aon Benfield, among others

  • S&P publishes revised criteria for rating insurers

    08 May 2013

    But few ratings expected to be affected

  • Scor's Philippe Trainar: "implement Solvency II now, update later"

    08 May 2013

    Eiopa's Solvency II preparation guidelines envisage implementing some elements of the legislation before others – a move, says Scor chief risk officer Philippe Trainar, that will undermine its effectiveness and add to the burden on insurers. He talks to Lorna Davies

  • Towers Watson names EMEA risk consulting and software head

    07 May 2013

    Michael Murphy replaces Martin Pike

  • Re/insurers struggle to raise investment income

    07 May 2013

    Underwriting performance drives improvement in first quarter results

  • Perils expands cat loss database to cover Italian quake and flood

    07 May 2013

    Estimates €1.24bn loss from last year's Emilia-Romagna earthquakes