All Features articles – Page 2
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FeaturesWhen the going gets soft
The direct and facultative market is getting softer, but demand is up and capacity cutbacks should prevent a freefall. Senior insurance figures say it will take a sizable loss or a series of significant losses to turn the market
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FeaturesFac to the future
Brokers are credited with bringing facultative reinsurance back from the brink, and technology and improved analysis are powering increased global trading at a more local level. Fac also helps buyers to take a more strategic view of their needs
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FeaturesQ&A with Dom Tobey
PartnerRe’s head of facultative talks about the pressures, trends and evolving priorities of the market
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FeaturesSplit decisions
Reinsurers’ ability to diversify has grown more sophisticated with the use of capital models. But unforeseen correlations can still occur
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FeaturesERM comes of age
Dynamic financial analysis is an essential part of successful ERM frameworks
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FeaturesIt all adds up
Once seen as a role for number-crunching geeks, today’s actuaries find themselves at the heart of insurance operations
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FeaturesTalk of the town
From climate change risk to the very topical subject of mergers and acquisitions, we report back on all the hottest reinsurance issues debated at the World Insurance Forum
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FeaturesSmoke signals
The world’s leaders were in Copenhagen to discuss climate change and, potentially, set new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We asked four leading firms for their hopes for the UN summit, and to spell out how they can contribute to the battle against carbon
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FeaturesOn the move
The trend for redomiciliation by (re)insurers continues to grow as companies seek out less complex tax regimes. But which domicile should UK firms go for? The answer is no longer obvious
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FeaturesHope on the horizon
Swiss Re’s chief economist, Thomas Hess, has great faith in the insurance sector’s survival instincts. As he tells Ellen Bennett, there is reason for cautious optimism among the gloom
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FeaturesFuture gazing
Downward pressure on pricing and the threat of regulation will make life difficult for the reinsurance industry in 2010. We talk to the market and ask what lies ahead
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Small beginnings
Recent natural disasters have highlighted one of the biggest challenges for the insurance world – the lack of policies in poorer regions. Helen Yates uncovers how microinsurance and public-private initiatives are slowly making changes.
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Quake with uncertainty
New quake models could lead to downward pressure on rates. But how shaky is the science on which the new models are based, asks Tim Evershed.
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Held to ransom
As Somali pirates continue to rampage through the Gulf of Aden, seizing ships and threatening lives, Liz Booth speaks to a chief executive caught up in the nightmare of one particular hijack.
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FeaturesReluctant celebrity
Partner Re’s Patrick Thiele may have just clinched the mega-merger of the year with a $2bn takeover of rival Paris Re, but, as he insists to David Banks, this chief executive is just doing his job
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Road to riches
Body Shop founder Anita Roddick once said: ‘There are only two ways of raising money: the hard way and the very hard way.’ Never has that been truer than in recent months. But the squeeze on capital has been easing, writes Mairi Mallon.
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Captives restrained
If conditions are right for captives in the Middle East, why has the market not taken off? Karen Attwood investigates.
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Model behaviour
Solvency II and improvements in the modelling of risk will make loss reserving more sophisticated, predicts Graham Fulcher.
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FeaturesA class apart
Ken LeStrange is no stranger to challenging times. The Endurance boss tells Liz Booth how he formed the company in the aftermath of 9/11 – and how that day continues to have a profound effect
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In the middle
With the Middle East continuing to enjoy economic growth, James Sutherland looks at how to capture the full business potential of electronic risk trading in the region.
