Analysis
Lloyd’s wants foot in India’s door
India is the final frontier for international (re)insurers and pressure for relaxed foreign investment laws is the first step
Snapshot: mega-brokers’ full-year resultsSubscription
Insurance Times analyses the biggest brokers’ 2011 performance
Counting the cost of ConcordiaSubscription
Losses from the sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship could go as high as $1bn, with reinsurers taking the biggest hit
Brighter skiesSubscription
Last year was the safest ever for the aviation industry, with no major fatal crashes and hull and liability losses halved, reports Lauren Gow. While better security helped, so too did luck
January renewals reveal a mixed bagSubscription
Reinsurance buyers experienced confusion and inconsistency at this month’s reinsurance renewals
Losing customers is the top fear for bosses in 2011Subscription
Lloyd’s report also flags up worries over talent shortage and reputation damage
Liability: Picking up the tabSubscription
Accidents like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have woken underwriters up to the fact that offshore energy operations require much more complex cover
Neal Bill: Closing the loopholeSubscription
A change to US legislation aims to end an unintended tax subsidy for foreign-owned insurers, and stem the flow of capital out of the country. But with the likelihood that rates will rise and capacity will fall as a result, insurance buyers are not happy
Bermuda: Out of the shadowsSubscription
Long esteemed for its speedy approval of new companies and low taxes, Bermuda has lately lost some of its gloss. Lauren Gow examines the impact of market instability and asks if it can once again be a (re)insurance shining light
Latin America: Touching groundSubscription
Signs that reinsurance rates are flattening in Latin America are welcomed by those who have seen the market get softer and softer. But are this year’s low interest rates enough to offset the market’s excess?
Snapshot: Listed Lloyd's company resultsSubscription
Catastrophes and low interest rates blighted Lloyd’s insurers’ numbers, but who came off best?
Baden-Baden: Finding a balanceSubscription
Against the odds, some reinsurers are set to make a profit in this, their worst ever year, and yet the market remains balanced on a knife edge
Snapshot: Mega brokers' results comparedSubscription
Insurance Times analyses the top global brokers’ performances so far in 2011
Closing the loopholeSubscription
A change to US legislation aims to end an unintended tax subsidy for foreign-owned insurers, and stem the flow of capital out of the country. But with the likelihood that rates will rise and capacity with fall as a result, insurance buyers are not happy. Lauren Gow reports
The effect of excess: global outlook for ratesSubscription
Bowring Marsh UK’s Andrew Chester spoke to Global Reinsurance at the Ferma conference in Stockholm about the downward and upward pressures on premiums
