All Editorial articles – Page 194
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Industry Matters
Clearly does it
Contract clauses need to be water tight to stand up to possible litigation explains Claire Walter.
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Global Matters
Insurer wins flood case
A judge's verdict in Mississippi could relieve reinsurers of billions.
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GR Focus
A capital idea
Patrick Devine looks at how the impending EU Reinsurance Directive will pave the way for insurance special purpose vehicles, or sidecars, to take-off in Europe.
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Features
Courting capital
Alternative risk transfer solutions are set to break new records in 2006. Cat bonds, sidecars and swaps are all increasingly popular means of tapping the capital flows, explain Jonathan Barnes and Alan Punter.
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Analysis
Buying spree continues
Jacqueline McGarry asks whether Australia's largest insurer might be about to go on another acquisition rampage.
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GR Focus
Open for business
The UK's Financial Services Authority is making insurance special purpose vehicles a viable option for the London market. Dr Thomas Huertas explains why.
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Industry Matters
Building bridges
Alex Letts lists the benefits of peer-to-peer trading for the London market.
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Industry Matters
Brave new world
Jeff Mohrenweiser looks at the increasingly sophisticated capital requirement models employed by the reinsurance industry.
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Cover Story
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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Investment Analysis
There she blows
The profitability of the reinsurance industry appears inextricably linked to the continuing hurricane season. Lindsey Rogerson investigates.
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Industry Matters
Blowing out the candles
As Sarbanes Oxley celebrates its fourth birthday, Craig Scarr looks at the progress of non-US companies so far.
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Features
Asbestos U-turn
Last month the UK government overruled the House of Lords by rewriting the law on asbestos payouts. Mairi Mallon reports on this unusual behaviour and its implications for insurers.
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Features
Discipline all the way
Property insurance may be softening in those regions outside of the US and Caribbean, but this is no reason for reinsurers to follow suit. Maintaining discipline is key in this environment, explains Heike Trilovszky.
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CEO Q&A
Alan Griffin – CEO Q&A
An interview with Alan Griffin, chairman and chief executive officer of JLT Re.
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Features
The road ahead
James Vickers takes on the difficult challenge of predicting the future for reinsurers around the world.
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Features
Staying one step ahead
Most kidnap and ransom victims only recognise tell-tale surveillance patterns when it is too late and they have been taken prisoner. But David Venn believes most potential victims could be trained to spot the risks, preventing the crime from the outset.
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GR Focus
Restate at your own Peril
The threat of downgrades, investigations and perturbed investors means the decision to restate financial results can no longer be taken lightly, says Ronald Gift Mullins.
