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Japan suffers low insurance protection despite frequent earthquakes

The earthquake insurance penetration level remains “fairly low” in Japan despite its frequency for such disasters, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team.
Monday 9th May 2016
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General insurers 'resilient' to market-wide scenarios, PRA says

General insurance firms are resilient against events that affect the market, according to a stress test conducted by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).
Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Global reinsurance capital reduces by 2% in 2015

Total global reinsurance capital stood at $565bn (£399bn) at 31 December 2015, down by 2% from 2014, as estimated by Aon Benfield.
Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Flood Re receives regulatory approval 

Reinsurance scheme Flood Re has been authorised to operate by the Prudential Regulatory Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority with effect from today.
Friday 1st April 2016
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Solvency II: PRA warns firms against using reinsurance to ease capital demands

Life insurers should not transfer longevity risk to reinsurers in an attempt to lower capital requirements under Solvency II, according to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).
Thursday 18th February 2016
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Flood Re releases first transition plan

Reinsurance scheme Flood Re has unveiled its first plan detailing how it will work with partners to enable lower prices and excesses to be offered to consumers by the time it comes to an end in 2039.
Friday 12th February 2016
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London has potential to take leading position in Islamic insurance sector

Islamic insurance offers London a chance to become a leading global Islamic financial centre outside Islamic nations, but products need to be Shariah-compliant, an event was told.
Wednesday 9th December 2015
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Solvency II: 19 UK insurers get green light for internal models

Aviva, Prudential and Society of Lloyd’s are among a group of UK large insurers to have secured approval from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to use internal or partial internal models under the Solvency II directive.
Monday 7th December 2015
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BoE to name insurers that can use internal models for Solvency II

The Bank of England (BoE) has announced that tomorrow (5 December) it will publish a list of insurers whose internal or partial internal models have been approved for Solvency II.
Friday 4th December 2015
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Bermuda gains full Solvency II equivalence

Bermuda has been granted full equivalence by the European Commission (EC) to comply with the Solvency II directive.
Monday 30th November 2015
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