All articles by Alex Wright

Analysis
Drought: The next big risk

2013-03-21T17:02:00Z

Munich Re’s Peter Hoeppe and Karl Murr discuss why extreme droughts are soon to become a regular occurence
Analysis
Q&A: Bermuda's outlook for 2013

2013-02-18T16:55:00Z

PwC’s Arthur Wightman on Bermuda’s future and the island’s ILS resurgence
Analysis
PREVIEW: 1 January renewal rates to remain steady

2012-12-13T10:54:00Z

Benign cat year and high levels of reinsurer accrued capital to keep rates down
People & Opinion
Profile: Alastair Speare-Cole

2012-12-12T11:53:00Z

JLT Re’s chief executive tells Alex Wright how he abandoned his plans to work in geophysics at Shell for the reinsurance industry
Analysis
Five minutes with ... Mike McGavick

2012-12-11T16:28:00Z

Mike McGavick, XL chief executive, and recently elected chair of ABIR
Analysis
Bermuda on target to deliver 10% ROE

2012-12-04T10:39:00Z

Superstorm Sandy unlikely to have much impact on results
Analysis
Where do we go from here?

2012-09-01T11:25:00Z

The global reinsurance industry is in good financial shape, but that is just as well - it faces one of the most testing periods in its history. Here, some of the market’s leading minds discuss the six big challenges facing the industry - and what can be done about them.
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Novae boss defends two-pronged cutback

2012-09-01T10:56:00Z

Engineering and motor excess of loss divisions were putting a drag on ROEs
Analysis
Talking heads: Carsten Scheffel, Allianz Global Corporate Specialty

2012-07-31T17:23:00Z

Allianz’s global London division boss on the market, Eurozone crisis and Solvency II
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Greenlight Re to expand in Europe

2012-07-05T16:05:00Z

Cayman-based reinsurer eyes opportunities from Solvency II