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Compensation harmonisation across the EU
The European Union has a raft of measures to try and achieve harmonisation between member states but as Sarah Hamilton reports there is a long way to go in achieving a single compensation system.
IIF pushes for distinct sector regulation
The Institute of International Finance has called for a “greater cross-sectional co-ordinated” response from the insurance and banking industries to ensure the sectors have separate regulation.
NRWB launches risk management product
The National Register of Warranted Builders has partnered with Celsius Pro, Swiss Re and Aon Benfield Securities to offer its members a new risk management product.
RMS performs analysis for Swiss Re disease cover
Risk Management Solutions has conducted the expert risk analysis for two new series of notes issued under the Vita Capital IV Program.
Swiss Re teams with Aon Benfield to implement Acord
Swiss Re and Aon Benfield have worked together to implement automated technical accounting, claim and cash transactions using Association for Cooperative Operations research and Development (Acord) messaging standards in the US and Canada.
Swiss Re reports second quarter P&C COR of 78.4%
Swiss Re has reported a net income of $960m (£587m) in the second quarter of 2011, compared to $812m in the same period of 2010.
Swiss Re reports second quarter P&C COR of 78.4%
Swiss Re has reported a net income of $960m (£587m) in the second quarter of 2011, compared to $812m in the same period of 2010.
Exclusive IP and catastrophe articles now live
Insurance Insight’s weekly update is live with articles on intellectual property and natural catastrophes.
View from the Top: Threat from wave of natural catastrophes?
The spate of natural catastrophes around the world shows no signs of abating.
Swiss Re breaks protocol to deny Quinn links as regulators probe claims
The Malta Financial Services Authority and Irish financial regulator, Central Bank of Ireland, are in discussions to establish how stories surfaced that Quinn Insurance founder Sean Quinn was set to return with a new underwriting vehicle, Post has…
Swiss Re denies Quinn links as regulators probe claims – Insurance News Now
Post senior reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories.
Sport - Olympics: The Olympic challenge
With only 12 months to go until the opening ceremony, Rachel Gordon attempts to break through the veil of secrecy and assess the insurance industry's role in the London 2012 Olympics.
British Insurance Awards 2011: A co-ordinated response
SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR - WINNER CRAWFORD & COMPANY
Swiss Re warns of growing subsidence risk
Swiss Re has warned that climate change could “magnify” an already significant increase in property damage as a result of soil subsidence.
Regulation tops London market agenda
Uncertainty around regulatory issues - from the replacement of the Financial Services Authority to a global focus on the perceived systemic risks of the insurance sector - remain top of the agenda for London company market insurers.
Zurich disposes of UK subsidiary
Zurich has announced that one of its non-core subsidiaries in the UK, Zurich Specialties London, will transfer its run off insurance business to Swiss Re at book value.
Post Europe announces advisory board members
Post Europe is delighted to be able to confirm the members of its new advisory board.
Insurance Insight announces advisory board members
Insurance Insight is delighted to be able to confirm the members of its new advisory board.
Swiss Re completes £1.6bn deal
Swiss Re has announced plans to acquire approximately 300 000 policies and £1.6bn in assets from American Life Insurance Company.
Reinsurer cat budgets exhausted after Q1
Reinsurers' annual budgets have been exhausted after the major natural catastrophe losses in the first quarter were followed by 150 tornadoes hitting 13 south-eastern US states last month. According to Dominic Simpson, vice president, senior credit…
Swiss Re reports net loss of $665m
Swiss Re has reported a net loss of US$665m for the first quarter of 2011, compared to a profit of US$158m recorded in the same period of 2010.
Q1 nat cats not market-turning
Total industry insured large losses since the third quarter of 2010 of $32bn will not be enough to turn the reinsurance market, an analyst has warned.
Post Europe: View from the Top: The role of reinsurance in disaster risk management
Reinsurers are gaining recognition in the light of disasters for the role they are playing in helping insurers, governments and society as a whole to deal with today’s risk landscape.
Exclusive health and catastrophe content now available on Post Europe
Post Europe’s weekly update is now live with an article on health cover in the Benelux regions and a View from The Top on how disaster financing instruments should never be seen in isolation.