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Features
Coming of age
Global reinsurers suffered their greatest ever loss from catastrophes in 2005, yet the industry in the US realised almost $1.9bn in net income and increased policyholders' surplus by $5.8bn over 2004.
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Features
The road ahead
The advent of Sarbanes Oxley has put increasing pressure on insurers to implement an effective enterprise risk management approach, explain Rosemarie Sansone, Joseph Calandro and Mike Eagan.
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Cover Story
Talking 'bout a revolution
Lloyd's of London is following in the footsteps of Bermudian reinsurance companies by setting up sidecars in order to take advantage of huge price rises and a shortage in capacity for US coastal cover.
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Features
The poor cousin?
It's the quiet ones you've got to watch out for, discovers Helen Yates. Industry loss warranties may not have received as much press attention as other alternative products, but they're attracting massive investor interest.
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Industry Matters
Crunch time
If 2006 is another loss-making year, Habib Kattan predicts retro will change for good.
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Investment Analysis
Opportunity knocks
With the 2004 and 2005 storm seasons clearly etched in their minds, some investors are overreacting every time the wind blows and missing an opportunity, explains Lindsey Rogerson.
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Cover Story
When the wind blows
If "Katrina" was the word on everybody's lips at last year's Rendez-Vous, this year it is "capacity". With the gap between the hard and soft markets widening, Helen Yates considers what might be on underwriters' minds come this Monte Carlo gathering.
