All Global Reinsurance articles in February 2002

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    Supermarket

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Sandy Weill's decision to oust Travelers P-C operations from financial services conglomerate Citigroup was an initially stunning decision. Ronald Gift Mullins considers the factors behind the sell-off.

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    Seeking A New Way

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    Phil Zinkewicz assesses whether the current changes in the reinsurance market are pushing buyers towards alternative forms of risk capital, particularly for terrorism cover.

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    Meeting point

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    Jim Moran gives a few hints on maximising the opportunities offered by attending `rendez-vous' gatherings.

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    Markets in the making

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    Valerie Denney casts her eye over global developments.

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    HISTORY IN THE MAKING

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    The Reinsurance Association of America has recently published its latest biennial study on historical loss cost developments in certain liability classes in the US.

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    Hard as nails?

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    `Cover Armageddon' failed to materialise at the latest renewals, but the season was, nevertheless, a rocky ride.

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    Future not guaranteed

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    Michael Laporta, Owen Ryan and Chris Gentle see polarisation, optimisation and innovation as the key factors for the success of re/insurers into the future.

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    Front runner

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    Forward filing

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Riskclick aims to provide a seamless solution to document management in the insurance sector.

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    E-business meets fac

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    Jürgen Petzold, Benita Bierstedt and Johannes Hirata consider the benefits technology can lend to facultative business.

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    Cost of voices-off

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    George Tipper explains VOIP, one of the latest technologies to hit the business sector.

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    The internet makes life insurance markets more competitive

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    Jeffrey R. Brown and Austan Goolsbee assess the impact internet use has had on term life insurance prices in the US, in the winning paper for the e-commerce section of the Lumina Awards.

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    Claiming a higher intelligence

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    Ross Gow suggests the reinsurance industry can better use technology to improve its claims handling.

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    Insurance accounting - where next?

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    Hitesh Patel outlines the proposed reforms of accounting methods for re/insurers.