All Editorial articles – Page 207
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GR Focus
Shortfalls Exposed
The events of 2004 exposed a number of shortfalls in the industry's ability to assess its hurricane exposure, reveals Peter Cheesman
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Editor's Note
Editor's Note - Tackling terror
If the purpose of the terrorist attack launched on 7 July in London was to bring the city to a juddering halt - it failed
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Industry Matters
EC launches investigation
What can we expect from the EC insurance inquiry? asks Lesley Ainsworth
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Cover Story
Dividing responsibilities
Can actuaries be expected to fully meet the requirements placed on them by both management and regulators? asks Nigel Allen
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Global Matters
Scandal sees changes at IRB
The president of Instituto de Resseguros do Brasil resigns.
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GR Focus
Cat modelling and the rating process
Rob Jones emphasises the importance of effective risk management tools to a reinsurer's rating
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Features
Duty bound
Is a director obliged to ensure that their company has in place adequate business interruption cover? asks Shane Gleghorn
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GR Focus
The Government Backstop
What should the role of government be in the effective management of natural and manmade catastrophes? ask Franklin Nutter and Cynthia J Lamar
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Features
A backdoor to ERM?
Effective compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley could require organisations to implement an enterprise risk management strategy, according to Anthony Sullivan
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Industry Matters
Automating the modelling process
Can the industry achieve the levels of automation reached by the financial industry in the modelling of risks? asks Tom Larsen
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GR Focus
Approaches to catastrophic risk
Jill Naamane, Wesley Phillips, and William Shear dissect the differences in approach to catastrophe management on both sides of the Atlantic
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Analysis
Achieving an "A" Grade
In 2004, SCOR reported a return to profitability, but how long before the French reinsurer returns to the ranks of the "A" rated? asks Nigel Allen
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Analysis
Star moves
Nigel Allen takes a closer look at the stellar performers and the falling stars in the Hannover Re portfolio
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Features
Investing in risk
In the current regulatory and investigatory climate the importance of implementing and maintaining an effective enterprise risk management strategy is paramount, as Kaveri Niththyananthan discovers
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GR Focus
The investigators are in town
With the arrival of the regulators in Hamilton, Mairi Mallon considers the potential fallout from the finite investigation for Bermuda
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Industry Matters
Tackling finite risk
Ernie Csiszar says regulators must adopt a consistant approach
