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Discrediting agencies
Rating agencies are coming under fire on both sides of the Atlantic following the US subprime market collapse. Helen Yates asks if the industry should question its reliance on ratings.
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Cover StoryProtection in all conditions
The appetite for cat bonds has continued unabated in 2007, despite other non-traditional products being wound down. But are they here for good, asks Nick Thorpe, and why is everyone going cat bond crazy?
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Cover StoryCedants become competitors
Reinsurers are increasingly competing with their own clients. Dissatisfied with soaring rates in 2006, many cedants are opting for greater risk retention or capital market solutions, discovers Mairi Mallon. So how can reinsurers adapt?
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Cover StoryCorrelations of risk
Large catastrophes often reveal unexpected correlations and loss amplifications. Nick Thorpe examines whether these correlations of risk could catch out insurers, reinsurers and their investors
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Cover StoryThe profit burden
Ahead of the mid-year renewals, Bermudian reinsurers find themselves flush with capital and short on opportunity. So with Validus confirming its bid for Talbot, is an M&A frenzy looking all the more likely? Mairi Mallon reports
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Keeping London competitive
With the pressure mounting from rival jurisdictions and constant in-fighting hindering progress, is London's heyday over? Nick Thorpe investigates some of the main challenges facing the market.
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China opens for business
The Year of the Pig promises to be a prosperous one for China's insurance and reinsurance industry. As the Middle Kingdom further opens its doors, Helen Yates considers the main challenges for the market and its new entrants.
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A bumper year
2006 is being hailed an abundant year of profits for reinsurers with Mother Nature providing some respite following record losses in 2005. But it's too soon to start celebrating, warns Mairi Mallon.
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A competitive advantage
Do you have an enterprise risk management approach? It's the key to survival in the midst of regulatory, rating agency and stakeholder pressure and in an increasingly uncertain environment, warns Ronald Gift Mullins.
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The importance of going public
A month ago it might have seemed ludicrous to speculate about when the Class of 2005 would go public. But with Flagstone's IPO bid and others rumoured to be seeding the pipeline, this group of start-ups is bucking the trend, discovers Helen Yates.
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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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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.
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Restoring the faith
Could the industry's catastrophe models better predict Katrina today? After last year's wake-up call, Helen Yates assesses the recent changes made to improve the models' ability to analyse hurricane exposure.
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Back on an even keel
Nigel Allen describes the efforts by Bermuda's plethora of reinsurers to get their finances back on track after suffering a battering during last year's hurricane season, and asks whether they are ready for a possible round two?
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The modern broker
Ronald Gift Mullins conducts a thorough examination of the current state of health of the broking community
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Studying catastrophes
According to Swiss Re the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake was a "milestone in insurance history" Helen Yates asks some leading industry figures what we have learned on the 100th anniversary of this catastrophe.
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Reinsurance in the balance
As the 2005 financial results slowly reveal the balance sheet impact of the 2005 storms, Nigel Allen considers the appeal of the reinsurance sector from a client perspective
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The Kat Pack
Enter the "Kat Pack", a new class of start-ups formed in the shadow of Hurricane Katrina and jostling for a prime position at this year's renewals Mairi Mallon does the introductions.
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Countdown to contract certainty
Following on from the Global Reinsurance contract certainty panel discussion what does the new code of practice mean for the London market? asks Nigel Allen
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