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Microinsurance reaches 500m people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... their capacity to pay, according to the Microinsurance Innovation Facility of the International Labour Organization and the Munich Re Foundation. The ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility was launched in 2008 with the support of a grant from the Bill ...

Fund, Insurers unafraid of Japan quake cost

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... $282 billion in shareholder funds in 2009, with the biggest reinsurer Berkshire Hathaway Re at $64.1 billion followed by Munich Re at $30.3 billion and Lloyds at $28.9 billion, the report said. Global multiline insurers exposed to property and casualty ...

Global shares, cat bonds review after Japan quake

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... warned holders of Japan catastrophe bonds (cat bonds) could get hit. Reinsurers such as Flagstone Re, SCOR, Swiss Re, and Munich Re sell catastrophe bonds to investors to reduce their own risk with 10 catastrophe bonds worth more than $1.5 billion believed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... -- which was the most powerful ever recorded in Japan. Shares in European re-insurance groups posted heavy losses, with Munich Re losing 4.28 percent to 111.75 euros, while Frankfurt's DAX index dropped 1.16 percent. Swiss Re fell 3.54 percent to 51.70 ...

Channel swimmer named Actuary of the Year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... year for his contributions to the profession and also raising more than $160,000 for charity. Stephan is chief actuary at Munich Re and swam the English Channel in just over 12 hours and in doing so raised more than $160,000 for the oncology unit at ...

CommInsure signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... Pension Insurance Company, Australia's Insurance Australia Group (IAG), Zurich Financial Services Australia, Germany's Munich Reinsurance AG and UK's Standard Life. The insurer's clients, TWUSUPER and Vision Super, are also UN PRI signatories.

SWIFT fast tracks insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... project partners include SWIFT, the global insurance standards organisation ACORD and the reinsurance companies Swiss Re, Munich Re and Scor. Rounding up the team, reinsurance brokers Aon, Benfield and Willis have also signed as project partners. The ...

ANZIIF launches website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... issue that is vital to the long term success and development of the industry." The program is sponsored by QBE, CommInsure, Munich Re, Sparke Helmore in Australia, IAG NZ, Vero and AMI in New Zealand.

Local bonds better than the US: PIMCO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... income managers in the world with more than $746.3 billion in assets under management across nine offices including Toronto, Munich and Sydney.

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... Europe's economy last year, potential tightening also threatens to dampen corporate investment. Based on these concerns Munich-based Ifo institute now expects investment spending in Germany to grow by around 4 per cent this year half that of 2007. The ...