All Features articles – Page 8
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You can run but you can't hide
Andrew Ward examines the continued growth of run-off in Continental Europe and asks what effects Solvency II will have on the industry?
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Tempest brewing offshore
Insurers and reinsurers in the US have reignited the debate surrounding offshore reinsurers’ ability to dodge US income tax. Ronald Gift Mullins reports.
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Rain or shine
Saving for a rainy day has taken on a whole new meaning. Weather derivatives, discovers Ronald Gift Mullins, are no longer a novelty.
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The same old mistakes
Despite earning record profits in 2006, reinsurers are failing to put their excess capital to good use, warn David Siesko and Neil Weiss. Investing in cutting-edge claims technology and best practice now will save headaches in years to come.
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The price isn’t right
Angry industry associations have hit out at suggestions that the subscription market is anti-competitive. Helen Yates asks if this could push differentiated pricing up the agenda
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Politics and insurance
With proposals for a federal catastrophe facility in the US, what can we learn from the Florida story? asks Lindsey Rogerson.
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From the same hymn sheet
A pilot scheme led by Hannover Re is exploring the standardisation of communication in property placements across Europe. Professor Volker Gruhn, Jürgen Petzold and Clemens Schäfer explain more.
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FeaturesThe crunch is coming
In the absence of major hurricanes, talk at this year’s Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous focused on the “credit crunch”. Mairi Mallon considers what fallout the industry should expect from the collapse of the US subprime market.
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FeaturesGR Survey: Insuring tomorrow’s climate
Is the industry strong enough to cope with $40bn-plus weather losses every single year? Helen Yates presents the results from GR’s latest survey on insuring climate change
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Staying on top
With multi-plaintiff asbestos lawsuits in the US increasing, Bradley Drew advises insureds on how to keep track of the masses of claimant data involved.
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Return of retro
Retrocession capacity is still a long way off from its pre-Hurricane Katrina levels. Paul Delbridge and Jean Bernard Crozet consider its value and the impact of non-traditional competition
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Unfounded pessimism
As European reinsurance shares remain on very low valuations, Tim Dawson asks if investors are being too pessimistic and whether the prospects are the same for everyone?
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Into the mainstream
Could non-traditional reinsurance products now be classed as traditional? asks Steve Breen.
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Learning its lessons
New slip-checking technology at Lloyd's has signalled a fresh approach to technological change. But is it enough to stop CEO Richard Ward enforcing solutions? Nick Thorpe finds out.
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Losing its spark
Inadequate rates continue to plague industrial fire insurance and reinsurance in Europe. Dirk Herrenpoth and Iris Zeisig demonstrate how "cash flow underwriting" in this sector provides a much broader lesson in cycle management.
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FeaturesGR Survey: Inevitable rate softening
Only a significant natural catastrophe loss in 2007 could hold back the inevitable softening of rates. Such was the conclusion of GR readers in our latest survey. Helen Yates presents the results
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FeaturesHow low can you go?
There is a growing mismatch between in the primary and reinsurance aviation markets. Will the gap get wider still at the 1 January renewals? asks Mark Campe.In contrast to the plummeting rates in the primary market, the aviation reinsurance market has so far maintained a firmer stance towards rate reductions. ...
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That sinking feeling
Given the current pressures on the offshore energy and marine sectors, Andrew Brooks and Andrew Moulton discuss the influences at play and suggest the best way forward.
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The fairer sex
Insurance is no longer a man's world. Helen Yates asks some of the senior women in the industry what they love and loathe about the business.
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Peak exposure
A benign five-year loss period since 9/11 has led to capital pouring into the terrorism market. Simon Low looks at the state of the market today
