News

  • Novae exits four casualty lines

    10 May 2017

    Lloyd's specialty insurer closes its casualty division as forecasts look bleak

  • Hannover Re flags further reserving to cover Ogden effects

    10 May 2017

    German reinsurer booked €126m extra loss reserves for first quarter

  • Axa to list US business through IPO

    10 May 2017

    Greater financial flexibility, strong US growth prospects and regulatory parity cited as drivers

  • Aviva boosts capital with sale of Spanish firms

    10 May 2017

    Selling 50% shareholdings in life joint ventures will boost Solvency II surplus by £130m

  • Ageas UK takes actions as SCR ratio dips below 100%

    10 May 2017

    Change to Ogden rate sends solvency ratio tumbling

  • April storms in US to cost insurers billions

    09 May 2017

    Eight separate outbreaks impacted central and eastern regions

  • Cyclone Debbie losses to exceed A$1.1bn, estimates Perils

    09 May 2017

    Lower than predicted by others, including hardest hit firm Swiss Re

  • IAIS should avoid setting new standards on corporate governance says Insurance Europe

    09 May 2017

    Lobby group asks for removal of "implicit" requirements in response to IAIS draft paper

  • Don't use SFCRs to rank German insurers, says BaFin

    09 May 2017

    Regulatory disclosures due this month only make sense in isolation, it argues

  • Hiscox picks Luxembourg for EU hub

    09 May 2017

    All retail business will be written through subsidiary