It looks increasingly as if Insurance Europe – the pan-European trade association – is fighting a losing battle to prevent any changes to the ultimate forward rate (UFR) ahead of the planned Solvency II review in 2018.

As the reinsurance market gathers at the annual Monte Carlo Rendezvous this week, participants have been going into overdrive with many announcements.

The opinion polls are tightening as we move from counting the weeks to the referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the European Union (EU) to now counting the days.

Should we be so laid back about a Clinton Presidency?

This week, there was a spate of trend reports published.

This week, Standard & Poor's reported on reinsurer investment trends, and also opportunities for reinsurers in the US mortgage market.