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RMS : releases new China and Hong Kong Typhoon Model
The newly released RMS China Typhoon Model, covering both mainland China and Hong Kong, delivers significant advancements in quantifying typhoon-related flood risk.
Flood is...
Standard&Poor’s : Russian insurer Sogaz upgraded to investment grade ‘BBB-‘
Russian insurer OJSC Sogaz’s long term counterparty credit and financial strength rating has been raised to investment grade ‘BBB-‘ up from ‘BB+’ by Standard...
Moneysupermarket.com : movement returns to mortgage market
Analysis from moneysupermarket.com has found the average interest rate across two-year fixed rate mortgage products is at its lowest since the Bank of England...
FSA : FCA approach document launched
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today outlined how its successor body charged with conduct and markets regulation will be tougher, bolder and more...
Gocompare.com : study shows UK drivers know more about their policies today
Gocompare.com commissioned a new study which shows a vast majority of UK drivers use more information than just the price of the premium of...
Aon Benfield : a majority of European insurers believe 2014 would be a better Solvency II sart date
Aon Benfield has released new findings that show 60% of European insurers attending its recent International Analytics conference think 2014 would be a better...
Fitch Ratings : European insurers’ exposure to GIP sovereigns manageable
In a new report published by Fitch Ratings, European insurers' exposure to Greek, Irish and Portuguese (GIP) sovereigns is manageable and unlikely to have...
AMII : conference to celebrate professionalism
Healthcare intermediaries and product providers are embracing professionalism head on with encouraging numbers taking the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) and Chartered Insurance...
Hannover Re : extra cover against hurricane season in the USA
Hannover Re has bought an extra $100 million worth of protection against possible hurricane damage claims in the United States this year, it said...
Fitch Ratings : downgrades AMANAT Insurance to ‘B-‘, Outlook Negative
Fitch Ratings has downgraded AMANAT Insurance's (AMANAT) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) Rating to 'B-' from 'B' and National IFS Rating to 'B+(kaz)' from 'BB(kaz)'....
Fitch Ratings : Solvency II set to reshape asset allocation and capital markets
Fitch Ratings says in a newly-published report that Solvency II, the new regulatory regime for European insurers from 1 January 2013, is poised to...
Aviva : sells RAC for £1 bln to equity group
British insurer Aviva on Thursday announced the sale of its roadside rescue division RAC to private equity firm Carlyle for £1 billion ($1.60 billion,...
Aon Benfield : two months of U.S. severe weather heralds $15bn insured loss
Aon Benfield releases its analysis of the severe weather events to impact the U.S. during the months of April and May this year.
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Fitch Ratings : affirms LV 1871’s IFS at ‘A+’
Fitch Ratings has affirmed German life insurer Lebensversicherung von 1871 a.G. Muenchen's (LV 1871) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating at 'A+' with Stable Outlook....
Which? : variable rate mortgage customers being squeezed by lenders
Which? Money has performed new survey in which 95 per cent of lenders seem to fail to fully pass on cuts in the base...
CML : responds to Which? on borrowers paying standard variable rate (SVR)
The Council of Mortgage Lenders reacts to claims by Which? where 95 per cent of lenders have failed to "pass on" cuts in base...
Weather catastrophes in China soar
Munich Re stated that deadly weather catastrophes in China had soared around four-fold in the last 30 years, costing its economy billions.
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Aviva : travel disruption insurance as an add-on to travel insurance
Aviva’s new research shows that just in a generation, children travel further and to a wider range of destinations than ever before.
The survey of...
Standard Life : explain tax changes to UK financial advice community
Standard Life hosted a series of seminars destined to help better understand the recent legislative changes to tax, trusts and estate planning. These seminars...
Standard Life : welcomes updated IHT analysis to support trusts receiving pension death benefits
Some of the fog has cleared around the uncertainty of the IHT analysis, which applies to a trust which receives pension death benefits. Historically,...
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