All Features articles – Page 17

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    Offshoring: Too great a risk?

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Peter Abbott looks at the current interest in offshoring and asks whether is has a role in run-off

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    An Effective Route to Finality

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Insurance business transfer schemes have come of age as Paul Bugden reports

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    A Centre of Excellence

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The London market has a real opportunity to win worldwide run-off business thanks to its reputation as a centre of excellence, believes Nigel Montgomery and Antony Newman

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    STILL STABLE?

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Chris Waterman assesses the overall stability of the reinsurance sector in light of recent events

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    READING THE RENEWALS

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    In the lead up to the 2005 renewals season, the reinsurance market echoed to the cries of "maintain underwriting discipline", but, asks Nigel Allen, did these cries fall on deaf ears?

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    THE NEW REGULATORY LANDSCAPE

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The next two years will see the re/insurance industry adapting to new regulatory and accounting regimes which will dramatically change the way business is transacted, says Mike Murray

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    INSURANCE-LINKED SECURITIES: THE SPONSOR'S PERSPECTIVE

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Judith Klugman and Martin Bisping detail the evolution of insurance-linked securities and forecast market developments in 2005

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    THE SPITZER EFFECT

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Ernst Csiszar considers how the bid-rigging scandal will impact the debate over modernising the US regulatory environment

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    A NEW BUSINESS REALITY

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Isherwood asks whether it is wishful thinking to assume that the many changes which the re/insurance industry has undergone in recent years will result in a more effective management of the re/insurance cycle?

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    In the headlines

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Adrian Leonard lists the top stories of 2004

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    Disclosure in a paperless office

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    How has document disclosure changed in a world of electronic communications? Janet Lambert discusses the implications of the paperless office for re/insurance disputes

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    The FSA is COMING

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    A new regulatory regime will take effect in the UK next year Jonathan Davies discusses the key issues.

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    Key cases

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Claire Walter, Karen Abbott, David F Cutter and John Vishneski review some of the significant reinsurance cases in England and the US in 2004

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    Is attack the new defence?

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Claimants 'forum shopping' for the jurisdiction they think will benefit them most can lead to substantially higher losses for re/insurers Elspeth Talbot Rice highlights a significant development that can put the initiative in the hands of the insurer.

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    TRIA Reconsidered

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The US Congress is due to weigh up the success or failure of the US Terrorism Risk Insurance Act with a view to possibly extending it Joseph Lebens and Bruce Hockman discuss the implications.

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    PRESSURE FOR REFORM

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Victor E Schwartz and Cary Silverman look at civil justice reform in the 108th Congress and an important state reform

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    LAUNDERING AND LIFE

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    New anti-money laundering rules for US life business are imminent, says Melvin S Schwechter, but should reinsurers have to comply?

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    Getting Smart?

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    A roadmap for regulatory modernisation, a step towards a free market, a fantasy wish for insurers or just 'dumb', are some of the descriptions of the US draft State Modernization and Regulatory Transparency Act as insurers, intermediaries and consumers prepare for battle Phil Zinkewicz writes.

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    Down to the wire

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    With asbestos continuing to dominate the balance sheets of many UK and European re/insurers, old world companies are keeping one eye on developments in the US Mary S Lyman, Robert E Carlstrom and Michael Cook review what's happening in the US.

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    A QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The competitive advantages of locating where regulatory costs are lowest may be disappearing Ian Poynton and Stephen Parker highlight some initiatives to establish common standards.