All Global Reinsurance articles in December-January 2002-2003
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Run-down on run-off
Stephanie Mocatta looks back at the landmark events of the past year in the run-off sector.
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Software in a soft market
Richard Latham outlines the importance of adequate software systems for captive management.
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Indonesian intrigue
Shutting down healthy companies over false accusations is not a good way to attract investors, says Janet Lipski
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Flood of the millennium
Jane Toothill looks at the August 2002 flooding in central Europe.
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Different Storms
As the renewal season proceeds for p/c businesses, and other insurers reflect on this year's results, Tony Maximchuk considers the challenges and opportunities facing insurance companies as they assess potential investment returns in 2003.
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Chi-Chi - three years on
After an earthquake caused extensive, unexpected damage to high-tech manufacturing facilities, Erik Rüttener and Linus Phoon call for better risk reporting in Taiwan.
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Swiss regime change
Adrian Leonard tracks developments at Swiss Re during the Mühlemann-Kielholz years.
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Centre stage
Central European markets have been an adventure playground for reinsurers, but they have proved cruel, sending reinsurers back to basics. Adrian Leonard investigates.
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Governance is good for business
Ronald Gift Mullins examines the heightened interest in the corporate governance of the US re/insurance sector.
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Model behaviour
Techniques for predicting the behaviour of natural events, and the losses that they can cause, have developed into a fine science. Markus Aichinger looks at the use of catastrophe models in setting prices for tropical cyclone exposures.
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Art on its own merits?
Against certain expectations, the alternative risk transfer market has not had the kick-start anticipated from the hardening of the conventional market.
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Technology: not apologies
Technological revolution in the reinsurance sector has had many false starts, but this time it is for real, and Asia is set to benefit, says Roger Foord.
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Technological advances
The past year has seen a number of technology initiatives steam forward in the London market, according to Andrew Driver.
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Back in action
Japanese insurers burned their fingers in international reinsurance markets in previous years, but Takashi Oka says now is a good time to look outside Japan for properly priced cessions.