All Features articles – Page 11
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Part of the furniture
Is the boom in capital market products coming to an end? With the industry anticipating record profits for 2006, Ronald Gift Mullins considers what impact this could have on the appetite of capital market investors.
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Not what it says on the tin
A round-up of some key cases in the UK and the US in 2006 highlights some basic issues with follow-the-settlement and claims cooperation clauses, explain Ian McKenna, Wendy Allen-Rodney, Matthew Ingber and Jordan Rosenfeld.
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The $40bn question
Will Europe experience its own Katrina? European insurers need to prepare for winter storm losses far beyond those experienced to date, warn Yorn Tatge and Peter Dailey.
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Barrier or gateway?
Regulation can be both a blessing and a curse for insurers and reinsurers. But, as Colin Smith explains, compliance should be part of every firm's basic operating procedure.
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ERM takes centre stage
Insurers and reinsurers that embed enterprise risk management into their culture will have the competitive edge, says Raj Ahuja.
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Contract uncertainty
If ever there was a case that truly underlined the importance of contract certainty - and of issuing a policy in a timely fashion - it is the ongoing battle between insurers and World Trade Center Properties. In the first of a two part series, Peter Schwartz explains the latest ...
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Runaway train
There is no holding back the soaring rates on US wind-exposed lines, while in the rest of the world prices are likely to remain level or even soften at the 1 January renewals. And so continues the tale of two markets, despite a non-existent hurricane season, discovers Mairi Mallon.
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Times they are a-changing
There was a time when facultative reinsurance was little more than an afterthought in a group's overall buying strategy. Not anymore, explains Marcus Hopkins.
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Drilling down
It may have been a quiet hurricane season, but as Keith Leung discovers, there are still plenty of challenges facing offshore energy in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The future is nigh
The London market seems to be blighted by past attempts to introduce technology to the industry. But as Nick Thorpe discovers from some of the market's leading technology providers, it's anything but doom and gloom.
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Unsung heroes
There are some extraordinary individuals in our business - people who devote their spare time to giving something back to society. Ronald Gift Mullins investigates children's cancer charity St Baldrick's, the pride of the reinsurance industry.
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Tightening the noose
The future of risk retention groups lies firmly in the hands of state and federal legislators, explains Stacy Shapiro.
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The price is right
When markets are softening and the pressure is on, predictive modelling can help insurers secure the "right price" for individual risks. And, according to John Lucker, Catherine Barton and Mark Rothwell, it can benefit reinsurers too.
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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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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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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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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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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.
