All Catastrophe articles – Page 42
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Feast or famine?
Is the reinsurance industry now overcapitalised? With prices now falling for many lines of business Christopher Kershaw and Andrew Poulton explain why there is too much capital in the market and what the consequences might be.
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Part of the furniture
Is the boom in capital market products coming to an end? With the industry anticipating record profits for 2006, Ronald Gift Mullins considers what impact this could have on the appetite of capital market investors.
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The tipping point?
Does the 2007 renewal season represent a return to normality or is this the tipping point in the cycle? David Pannell examines some of the key trends.
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Retro-spective
The doomsday sayers would have you believe that retrocession all but disappeared in 2006. But there was plenty of capacity available at the 1 January renewals, discovers Helen Yates, although it remains painfully expensive.
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Benign 2006 bodes well for monolines
Mild storm activity in 2006 will prove fruitful for catastrophe-focused carriers, says Moody's
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Allianz expects €350m in claims from Kyrill
Allianz estimates claims resulting from Winstorm Kyrill could reach €350m before taxes.
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Storms and Florida laws to impact reinsurers
According to Guy Carpenter's US renewals report, severe storms and new Florida legislation could disrupt a "placid" reinsurance marketplace
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Everest reports $841m income for 2006
Everest Re reported net income for 2006 of $840.8m compared to a net loss of $218.7m a year ago
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Benign 2006 down to El Niño
Heightened hurricane activity is here to stay despite a benign 2006 season, says ReAdvisory
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Hurricane activity to remain high
The risk for insured losses from US hurricanes during the next decade will remain high, says EQECAT
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Fitch downgrades Florida cat fund
Fitch has downgraded the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund following new insurance reform legislation
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Kyrill costs Swiss Re €140m
Swiss Re expects its claims for winter storm Kyrill to be modest at around €140m before tax
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Munich Re cat bond on negative watch
The effects of Windstorm Kyrill continue to be felt as RMS investigate whether the storm has triggered Munich Re's European windstorm cat bond.
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Munich Re hit by MSC Napoli loss
Munich Re's biggest individual loss from winter storm Kyrill was the container ship MSC Napoli
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Kyrill could cost insurers €5bn
Eqecat estimates insured losses from winter storm Kyrill could range from €2.5bn to €5bn
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“Competitive forces” best Florida solution
Fitch Ratings says cheap reinsurance is not the best long-term solution to insurance rates in Florida
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AM Best: Calm after the storm
After respite from Mother Nature, the property casualty industry has reported record-setting results in 2006
