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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Zurich head calls for global insurance standards

The insurance industry needs global standards for capital adequacy, according to Zurich Insurance’s chief executive, Martin Senn. In an interview...

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Richard Cutcher

AIG: Tradewynd Re cat bond completes

Tags: AIG, Cat bonds

American International Group (AIG) latest catastrophe bond deal, Tradewynd Re Ltd. has successfully completed. The five-year single tranche catastrophe bond...

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Swiss ILS manager gains $400mn of assets

Tags: ILS

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance-linked investment manager LGT Insurance-Linked Strategies has won ILS investment mandates from three pension funds. The addition...

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Floods dominate 2013 nat cat losses

Tags: Company Results, Flood, Munich Re, Natural catastrophe

Floods caused almost half of all economic losses resulting from natural catastrophes in the first half of 2013, according to...

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Hiscox Re appointments

Tags: Bermuda, Hiscox, Hiscox Re, Human Capital

Hiscox Re, the reinsurance division of Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance group Hiscox, has announced four appointments to its management team:...