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Regulation 'threatens insurers' role as investors for growth'Regulatory pressures could prevent the European insurance industry from playing a leading role in investing in economic growth, a report has warned. 14 June 2013
Reinsurance uncoveredCan we learn from Solvency II to unlock the hidden value of reinsurance for long-tail business? Victoria Jenkins and Jessica Leong report 06 June 2013
'Complex volatility' of Solvency II could put off investors, warns Moody'sIncreased volatility in the capital requirements being placed on insurers under Solvency II could make investors 'skittish', Moody's has warned. 23 May 2013
Solvency II 'is an object lesson in how not to make law'The delayed implementation of new rules governing Europe's insurance industry, Solvency II, has come under fire from MPs and the head of the UK's Prudential Regulation Authority. 30 April 2013
Global reinsurer capital hits record $505bn in 2012The amount of capital held by reinsurers worldwide increased to a record $505bn last year as reinsurance companies more than recovered from the losses seen in 2011, Aon Benfield said today. 09 April 2013
Key Solvency II vote pushed back until OctoberA key vote which is needed for the new rules governing Europe's insurance industry, Solvency II, to be finalised has been delayed again. 21 February 2013
January floods in Australia and Indonesia 'cost $6bn'Severe flooding in Australia and Indonesia last month caused estimated economic losses of around $6bn, according to a report published by Aon Benfield yesterday. 08 February 2013
Gabriel Bernardino: Man on a missionNick Mann meets Gabriel Bernardino, the man at the centre of the wholesale overhaul of Europe's pensions and insurance regulation and supervision 01 February 2013
Severe weather claims 'set to push up home insurance premiums'Home insurance premiums remained largely unchanged in the last three months of 2012 but a flurry of claims related to recent severe weather will push up the cost of cover in the early part of this year, according to the AA. 30 January 2013
Lack of insurance 'means Asian cyclones put strain on governments'Low levels of insurance and reinsurance penetration in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific mean the extreme weather both regions experienced last month will place a major strain on the availability of government aid, Aon Benfield said yesterday. 08 January 2013

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