All Europe articles – Page 11
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CEO Q&A
Lee Brandon
An interview with Lee Brandon, director and chief executive officer of PRO Insurance Solutions.
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GR Focus
Handling the capital glut
Can Bermuda reinsurers manage their excess capital successfully after two record-breaking years? If the market can get this right, it could just help to ease competitive pressures, explains Laline Carvalho.
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Features
The next industry changing loss
Only three years have passed since Hurricane Katrina sent three Bermuda reinsurers into run-off. Amanda Atkins considers what impact another major catastrophe could have on the market in 2008.
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Country Analysis
Switzerland: The pressure cooker
Switzerland is increasingly home from home for Bermuda reinsurers. David Banks assesses its alpine attractions.
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Features
An elegant solution
Only a few years have passed since cat bonds were commonly described as “an elegant solution in search of a problem”. They have since become a vital tool in the risk transfer armoury, but will they remain there? asks Mark Hvidsten.
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Will subprime fuel run-off?
It could be years before the full force of the credit crunch is felt by the insurance markets, as Michael Cook explains. So are initial reports of unscathed insurers premature?
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Investment Analysis
When a hedge fund sneezes
Will reinsurers catch a cold? Hedge funds experienced their first negative quarter on record in Q1. That could have dire consequences for the insurance companies and products they invest in, explains Lindsey Rogerson.
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Features
Putting ILS to the test
The hype over cat bonds has been sustained by three years of dramatic growth. But can the good times last? Charles Thresh and Jonathon Lane consider the threat of the credit crunch to this burgeoning asset class.
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The silent revolution
One by one, reinsurers are restructuring and relocating their European insurance headquarters. Mark Batten and Jim Bichard investigate the drivers behind this mass migration.
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Markel wins case against surety bond underwriter
Court heard that premium was secretly diverted to an offshore entity for profit
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Aon appoints environmental insurance specialist
Dr Simon Johnson will lead group advising on sustainability issues
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AM Best rates Casiopea Re
Business now better capitalised thanks to O2 handsets business
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PartnerRe announces leadership changes
New head of specialty lines and P&C in non-US operations
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Lloyd’s Syndicate 958 ratings affirmed
A (Excellent) for company managed by Omega Underwriting Agents
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Run-off fight ‘must move to UK’
US insurers plan to appeal following federal judge’s ruling
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AM Best affirms ratings of Paris Re
Assessment follows transfer of Bermuda activities to Switzerland
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Transatlantic Re elects new officers
Vice presidents appointed for London, Miami, San Francisco and Stamford
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Brit appoints divisional underwriting director
Jonathan Nunes-Carvalho to specialise in property and space
