All Catastrophe articles – Page 15
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Reinsurers facing volatile year, warns Willis
Rates continue to soften over a wide range of classes and territories, finds April renewals report
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JLT Re partners with UCLEI
University College London Environment Institute and JLT Re to develop analytical tools for the (re)insurance industry
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Online onlyMunich Re issues EUR170m cat bond
Cat bond issued through Queen Street programme; Securitises aggregate windstorm losses for the first time
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Online onlyTornado hits US state of Georgia
A tornado has touched down in Atlanta, Georgia just eight minutes after a warning was issued by the National Weather Service.
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Online onlyRatings assigned to windstorm bond
Standard & Poor's has assigned credit ratings to variable-rate notes issued by Queen Street, under its principal at-risk variable-rate note program.
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Fitch changes catastrophe bonds rating criteria
Fitch Ratings has updated its global ratings criteria for catastrophe bonds.
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Online onlyWindstorm Johanna damage less than Emma
AIR Worldwide expects overall damage from Johanna to be significantly less than its predecessor, windstorm Emma.
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Online onlyRecord results for Hannover Re
German reinsurer sees profits surge by 42.6% despite a drop in premiums
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Swiss Re: Nat cats on the rise
Catastrophes cost $70bn in economic losses and $28bn in insured losses in 2007
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Online onlyBrit profits and premiums up in 2007
“Brit is built to weather storms and is positioned for outperformance,” says Douetil
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Analysis
Troublemaker or lifesaver?
Allstate has managed to both irritate state regulators and delight its shareholders in the past 12 months. Nick Thorpe delves into the background of this insurance behemoth.
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Industry Matters
It’s a gamble
Catastrophe predictions are less reliable than rolling dice, says Seymour Matthews.
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Free market power
David Sampson promotes the value of a joined up approach to insuring the Floridian property insurance market.
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Industry Matters
Learning curve
Dr Simon Young looks at the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility after almost a year in existence.
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Features
When politics and insurance clash
Allstate in the dock, insurance pools with negative equity and a federal catastrophe backstop in the offing. With election fever in the air, Ronald Gift Mullins looks at an increasingly politicised US insurance market.
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Investment Analysis
Banging the drum for Bermuda
The absence of major catastrophe losses has meant another fantastic year for most Bermuda players. Investors should remain bullish despite softening reinsurance rates, argues Lindsey Rogerson.
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The truth about diversification
After Hurricane Katrina and her sisters wrought their destruction in 2005 the Bermuda monoline business model was never going to look good. Two and a half years on, Lee Coppack asks if diversification is all it’s cracked up to be.
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Online onlyAIR: Emma losses could reach EUR1.3bn
Germany and Austria are expected to account for more than half the losses
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Online onlyWindstorm Emma causes damage across Europe
Strong winds caused damage and disruption in Germany, Austria, Poland and Czech Republic, says RMS
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The party is over, warns Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway’s underwriting profits dip in 2007; Buffett warns profit margins will fall “significantly”
