All Editorial articles – Page 201
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Editor's Note
Editor's Note - Re-establishing basics
The Reinsurance market has come through what many are describing as the most problematic renewals season on record, which has resulted in delays on most lines
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Industry Matters
Model Behaviour
With recalibration of the catastrophe models expected in 2006, Alistair Lockhart-Smith highlights the unique challenges posed by the energy sector
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Features
Out of the blocks
Mairi Mallon casts her eye over the Class of 2005 in the aftermath of what many in the market are calling the most difficult renewals season ever
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CEO Q&A
CEO Q&A - Graham Pewter
An interview with Graham Pewter, chief executive officer of Catlin Bermuda
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Features
Fac on track
Elliot Richardson considers the critical role which facultative reinsurance has played in the January renewals
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GR Focus
Taking Finite too far
Despite all the bad press finite reinsurance remains an integral part of the insurance industry, insists Nigel Allen
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Global Matters
Ruffling feathers
US life re/insurers must wake up to the threat of an avian flu pandemic
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Global Matters
Kinnect short-circuits
Five years into the project, the decision is taken to close down Kinnect
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Analysis
Size Matters
Swiss Re's decision to buy GE Insurance Solutions will elevate it further in the size-is-king reinsurance stakes, learns Helen Yates
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Investment Analysis
Mixed Messages
An initial confidence that rates would increase post-Katrina is dwindling in some quarters, but not in others Lindsey Rogerson asks why.
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Country Analysis
Russia: Out of the Red?
The Russian insurance industry has undergone perhaps the greatest overhaul of any market in the last 15 years, but just how far has it come? asks Nigel Allen
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Industry Matters
A Work in Progress
Contract certainty is now a visable part of business processes for many London market insurers and reinsurers, says John Hobbs
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GR Focus
A Slow Start
At the end of 2005 it was widely believed the ART sector would see renewed interest in response to the renewal rate hikes Ronald Gift Mullins explains why this isn't happening.
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Features
Which way will it take us?
As the framework for Solvency II progresses, Keith Lyon takes a step back to assess its potential impact
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Global Matters
Trouble for treaty
A rate upsurge across treaty lines following last year's Mumbai floods is hindering the renewals
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GR Focus
ADOPTING A NO FRILLS APPROACH
JB Crozet and Tom Rivers take inspiration from budget airlines for managing capacity and the underwriting cycle post-Katrina
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Global Matters
The end of an Alea
Besieged Bermudan reinsurer Alea sells off key parts of its business.
