All Editorial articles – Page 192
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Global Matters
Gambling with your life
A powerful Indian Islamic seminary has issued a fatwa banning Sunni Muslims from buying life insurance.
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Features
More than a fad?
Could underwriting discipline be in danger of collapsing as increasing competition, benign cat activity and softening markets puts pressure on pricing? ask Benjamin Gentsch and Marco Circelli.
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Country Analysis
Hong Kong - Enter the dragon
One of Asia-Pacific's true success stories, Hong Kong's mature insurance market is testament to the city's competitiveness. And it is set to play a pivotal role as China opens her doors to the global reinsurance community, discovers Shirish Nadkarni.
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Global Matters
Sense in diversity
Ariel Re's CEO advises Bermuda's monoline reinsurers against mindless diversification.
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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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Features
Getting the right cover
Terry Masters examines the evolving nature of buying strategies and finds decisions are increasingly reliant on modelled data and group risk management strategies, a process that takes the onus off relationships.
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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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GR Focus
Terrorism - last chance saloon
After much speculation, the US federal terrorism backstop - TRIA - was renewed until December 2007. But is that enough time to find a viable long-term alternative? asks Nick Thorpe.
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Features
Capital punishment
Capital is without question everyone's concern right now. As Philip Tippin explains, those insurers and reinsurers that reduce their capital requirements will have a competitive advantage.
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Industry Matters
Scandinavia calling
Has the traditional focus on London as a centre for run-off been at the expense of up-and-coming Nordic countries? Johan Lagerwall thinks so.
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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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Analysis
Munich Re - big is beautiful
Munich Re continues to pursue profitability over growth, discovers Nick Thorpe, despite losing its stronghold as the world's largest reinsurer.
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Industry Matters
Anticlimax
Dr Steve Smith examines why this year's so far benign hurricane season is not living up to expectations.
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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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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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Global Matters
Bermuda 2 London 0
Omega and Hiscox could have started a trend with their separate decisions to ditch London in favour of Bermuda.
