Swiss-based consulting firm PERILS has issued its third loss report for windstorm Andrea, which affected the UK and Western Europe in January 2012. The updated property market loss estimate for Andrea is €337 million [$422 million], compared to the second …
All of Europe’s biggest economies are in recession or heading there and there is little sign things will improve soon, surveys showed on Wednesday, backing a growing view that the region’s major central banks are poised to ease policy this …
Figures released by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) show that there were 739 international insurance entities licensed by the Island at the end of May 2012, compared to 687 at the end of December 2011. “There have been 63 …
Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service downgraded 15 of the world’s biggest banks on Thursday, lowering credit ratings by one to three notches to reflect the risk of losses they face from volatile capital markets activities; however, some banks criticized the …
A report from Willis Re notes that “UK insurers may see increases of up to 97 percent in their capital requirement for catastrophe exposures under Solvency II rules when making calculations under the new Risk Management Solutions’ model version 11, …
Swiss based insurance advisor PERILS has issued an updated loss report for windstorm Joachim, which occurred from December 15 to 17, 2011 in Western Europe. PERILS’ third property market loss announcement estimates for Joachim is €285 million [$359 million], slightly …
Greenlight Reinsurance Ireland, Ltd., a subsidiary of Cayman Islands-based Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd., a specialist property and casualty reinsurer, announced that Caryl J. Traynor officially joined the company on June 1, 2012, serving in the role of General Manager and …
From recent news you will have learned that the euro zone crisis continues to be the 700 pound gorilla in the room of the global economy. It’s become increasingly clear that, whatever happens in Greece on June 17, the euro …
In many ways Ireland is a “microcosm for Europe,” said Danny McCoy, the Director General of the Irish Business & Employer’s Confederation (IBEC) at the EIF Forum. He described the present situation as a “crisis of government and of business …
Gripped by fears that Europe’s debt crisis is driving the world economy into a ditch, companies are delaying plans to raise capital and canceling deals, while investors are taking refuge in cash or any other place they think their money …
