All Features articles – Page 18

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    Contingency fees outed

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Are placement service fees an acceptable market practice or little more than a bribe? Ronald Gift Mullins looks at the contribution that such fees make to brokers' income and the pending US legal confrontations

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    RAISING THE BAR

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    In examining the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on insurance, Bill Sofsky emphasises that data quality and accuracy will be more important than ever for direct writers and reinsurers alike

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    TOWARDS A SINGLE MARKET

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The EU's legislative phase of its financial services action plan is all but completed Alasdair Murray charts the progress and what comes next.

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    VIVE LA REVOLUTION

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    David Rainbow discusses recent changes in the French reinsurance market

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    DESTINATION LONDON!

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Despite challengers, all international roads still lead to London, reports Adrian Leonard

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    HOW CRITICAL IS COLLATERALISATION?

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Will US regulators change their rules requiring foreign reinsurers to post collateral of 100% against gross liabilities? It is a question that is being asked with increasing interest by many in the industry, writes Dave Matcham

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    OPPORTUNITIES IN A BIGGER UNION

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Alastair Evans believes that this year's EU enlargement offers significant opportunities to the London market

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    EARLY BID FOR HARMONY

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    A proposed fast track EU directive to regulate reinsurance business has raised concerns about solvency requirements

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    SOFTLY, SOFTLY

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Jurgen Graber considers the effects of a softening market

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    THE RACE TO RENEWALS

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Adrian Leonard looks at the run-up to the renewals season, as the industry prepares to gather in Monte Carlo for the 2004 Rendez-Vous de Septembre

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    MEASURING TRUE VALUE

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The cycle is turning just as reinsurers are about to face an unprecedented wave of capital, governance and financial reporting reforms Jeremy Scott looks at the critical challenges ahead.

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    LARGER THAN LIFE

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Glenn F Cunningham looks at current trends in the US life reinsurance sector

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    INTERNATIONAL MOVES

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The next twelve months may see some important breakthroughs in long-term projects for the reinsurance industry, both internationally and within the London market, says Marie-Louise Rossi

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    LOOKING FORWARD TO RETRO

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Retrocession business remains an effective risk transfer tool, and its use is on the up

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    FLAT SEA

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Vivian reviews recent developments in the marine reinsurance sector

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    CYCLING THROUGH ENERGY

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    During the last three years, rates in the global energy market have shown signs of relative stability after some roller coaster years Peter Stow considers the current factors driving the market cycle and how they will affect its future.

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    COLOSSUS AT THE CROSSROADS

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Ernst N Csiszar reflects on the problems within the US regulatory system and looks at the momentum for change

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    CAPITAL IDEAS

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Tacey looks at recent capital-raising activity in the re/insurance sector

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    BORNE IN THE USA

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Mark Rouck looks at the rating trends and key issues in the US reinsurance sector

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    WILL AVIATION LEVEL OUT?

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Marcus Alcock asks whether aviation re/insurance is entering a nosedive