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  • February 2012

    February issue of Reactions now online 03 February 2012

    The February 2012 issue of Reactions is now online. Click through to read a selection of stories from the issue.

  • Arab Spring highlights innovation gap 02 February 2012

    Events in the Middle East and North Africa have underlined the need for new thinking on political violence, civil unrest, and emergency evacuation cover products, according to Lloyd’s broker RFIB.

  • January 2012

    South African non-life 'resilient' - Fitch 27 January 2012

    While non-life insurers' rating outlooks were stable in 2011, the outlook on long-term foreign- and local-currency IDRs was revised to negative.

  • Airline insurers turn first profit in 5 years: Aon 26 January 2012

    Airline insurers make a profit in 2011 - a result of the market's loss figure falling to $1.1bn from $2.1bn in 2010, says Aon Risk Solutions.

  • The 10 (re)insurance themes for 2012 26 January 2012

    Comment: Guy Carpenter’s reinsurance renewals report included a handy checklist of the big themes facing the global insurance and reinsurance market this year. it is noticeable what themes don’t make the list, says Michael Loney, managing editor of Reactions.

  • S&P maintains stable outlook on reinsurance 25 January 2012

    Rating agency says excess capital and good risk management give global reinsurers a cushion against 2011’s high catastrophe losses.

  • Aon's Greg Case on insurance broking's future 23 January 2012

    INTERVIEW: Greg Case, CEO of Aon, believes that the insurance broker can help its customers manage their way through the tough global operating environment and rise to the challenge of new and complex risks by working on a more robust fact basis.

  • Insurers must focus on new markets - Deloitte 19 January 2012

    Companies must focus on new products and strategic growth opportunities to achieve profitability amidst ongoing economic challenges, according to Deloitte’s 2012 outlook report.

  • Investment risk major concern in Middle East 18 January 2012

    Moody’s analysis indicates that investment risk is likely to impact insurance ratings in the region over the next 12-18 months.

  • January 1 Reinsurance Renewals Debriefing - The thinking man’s market 18 January 2012

    There was plenty to consider at the 1/1 reinsurance renewals, such as near-record catastrophe losses and irksome risk modelling issues. Now that feedback is in from reinsurers, brokers and cedants, we try to make sense of it all.

  • AM Best downgrades ICR for Ghana Re 16 January 2012

    The agency has also affirmed the reinsurer’s B (Fair) FSR and has revised the ratings outlook to stable.

  • Japan Post, Axa world’s biggest insurers 11 January 2012

    Data: AM Best data reveals world's largest insurance companies by assets and net premiums.

  • CRO Risk Forum foreword: The chief risk officer comes of age 09 January 2012

    It has been a long time coming – but the chief risk officer role seems to have finally, quietly come of age, says Reactions' contributing editor Garry Booth.

  • CRO Risk Forum: Zurich's Axel Lehmann 09 January 2012

    The influence of the chief risk officer is spreading through the insurance industry, says Axel Lehmann, chief risk officer of Zurich Financial Services Group and chairman of the CRO Forum

  • Disaster management: Crisis, what crisis? 06 January 2012

    COMMENT: Policymaker and big businesses still have a lot to learn about resilience, judging from the findings of a new report from Chatham House, says Reactions contributing editor Garry Booth.

  • Marsh buys Alexander Forbes’ brokerage business 04 January 2012

    Jurie Erwee will serve as CEO of a combined enterprise to be known as Marsh Africa

  • December/January issue now online 03 January 2012

    The December 2011/January 2012 issue of Reactions is now online. Click through to read a selection of stories from the issue.

  • Peru Earthquake Mw6.3 30 Jan 2012 - Updated 1 February. On Monday, 30 January a magnitude Mw6.3 (regional moment ...
  • US Severe Convective Storm 24 Jan 2012 - A severe weather outbreak across the southern U.S. late Sunday, 22 / ...
  • Tropical Cyclone Heidi 12 Jan 2012 - Around 18:30UTC on Wednesday, 11 January (04:30am Wednesday, 12 January, local time) ...
For more catastrophe reports, data and news, click through to the RMS/Reactions Catastrophe Centre.

Poll

Catastrophe bond issuance was $4.3bn in 2011. How much new issuance will there be in 2012?

Less than $3bn
0%
$3bn-$4bn
67%
$4bn-$5bn
0%
$5bn-$6bn
33%
$6bn-$7bn
0%
More than $7bn
0%

Quote

If last year was the year of the cat, then this year could be the year of the debt crisis.

Mike Van Slooten, head of international market analysis at Aon Benfield