Munich Re

E&P energy company premiums likely to rise

Energy exploration and production (E&P) companies face increased cost risks as insurance premiums could rise, following BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which forced reinsurance firms, such as Germany’s Munich Re, to shell out hefty payments

New hope for insurance-linked securities

Since the financial crisis the insurance-linked securities market has been squeezed into a tight corridor of issuance with only natural catastrophe bonds seeing any traction – a blow for a market that pre-2008 appeared to be on the cusp of developing…

Solvency management provides reinsurance opportunity

Testing economic conditions have prompted widespread moves by life insurers to reinsure their liabilities in order to gain capital relief. As the situation eases, will demand for reinsurance fall, or are other factors coming to prominence? Blake Evans…

Munich Re implements IAS 39 reporting

Reinsurance company Munich Re has become one of Europe’s first large financial institutions to bring its accounting in line with new International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) regulations that affect derivatives known as IAS 39.

Equity rally prompts tightening of financial spreads

The upswing in equity prices in the second half of the week has prompted a contraction in credit default swap spreads for European banks and insurance companies. But German names, including HVB, were still trading at wider levels for subordinate…

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