All Analysis articles – Page 40
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Thai flood losses up to $20bn, says Guy Carpenter
Cat loss potential grows as Asian economies take off
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EAIC Preview: Capacity returns to Asia
Overcapacity is once again a concern in the Asian reinsurance market
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Baden-Baden: Cat bond issuance on target for $6bn in 2012
Munich Re, Swiss Re and Scor issue $250m worth of bonds for USA and European windstorm
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Reinsurers should price for climate change
Munich Re ties increase in weather-related cats to warming climate
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Private equity firms hold back on investment
Depressed markets and low valuations force reinsurers to put IPOs on backburner
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Where do we go from here?
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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GMR: Middle East – Flaws hold market back
Since Saudi Arabia started to regulate its insurance market a decade ago, business has boomed. But there are doubts over how many firms are making money
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GMR: Middle East – Sector struggles with market penetration
Tough regulation and regional harmonisation are vital if the insurance sector is to fulfil its potential in the Middle East
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GMR: Middle East – Living with the risks
The Middle East region paradoxically provides diversity in business and inherent, unavoidable risks
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Talking heads: Carsten Scheffel, Allianz Global Corporate Specialty
Allianz’s global London division boss on the market, Eurozone crisis and Solvency II
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Joining forces: AIR and RMS collaborate
Reinsurers are used to blending different cat model output but a data-sharing agreement between AIR and RMS could make life a lot easier
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Thai floods leave their mark on 1 April renewals
Reinsurers tightened capacity for unmodelled perils at key renewal date
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April renewals: tough times ahead
Major catastrophes in Asia Pacific in 2011 are setting the tone for 1 April
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Political wrangling over Solvency II continues
Crucial Omnibus II vote is delayed again and the UK PM goes on the attack
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Pearls from the Sage: Buffett’s annual letter
Billionaire investor’s letter to shareholders is no ordinary filing
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Rates: could things be looking up?
Many reinsurers hit by 2011’s huge catastrophe losses are heartened by the increase in rates they have achieved this year. And the hardening looks set to continue
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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
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Counting the cost of Concordia
Losses from the sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship could go as high as $1bn, with reinsurers taking the biggest hit