All Features articles – Page 14
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Features
Directors in the dock
Much has been made of the potential fallout from the subprime crisis on the insurance industry. Simon Goldring and John Bruce examine some of the existing and potential litigation targets.
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Investment Analysis
Investing in the future
The rapid growth of emerging insurance markets suggests future profits lie in distant shores. Lindsey Rogerson turns her gaze to China, India and the Middle East.
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Analysis
Spreading its wings
Brit may be a staunchly pro-London insurer, but with its Bermuda sidecar and new Gibraltar venture it is broadening its horizons. Emma Jones looks at the progress of an ambitious player.
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Features
The lure of run-off
Warren Buffett has started another trend. Run-off is now in vogue with canny investors. Marcus Alcock weighs up the attractions.
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Analysis
Hardy - A family affair
Hardy Underwriting is on the cusp of entering new territory, according to its CEO Barbara Merry. Emma Jones looks at the grand plans of a “niche” Lloyd’s insurer with 30 years of unbroken underwriting profitability.
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Editor's NoteLife after Monte Carlo
I survived my first Rendez-Vous de Septembre two years ago. There have been interesting changes in just that short time.Granted, I was particularly green during my first Rendez-Vous. I recall hyperventilating as I hobbled around the marina in impractical heels gasping down the phone that somebody had moved the GE ...
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Cover StoryProtection in all conditions
The appetite for cat bonds has continued unabated in 2007, despite other non-traditional products being wound down. But are they here for good, asks Nick Thorpe, and why is everyone going cat bond crazy?
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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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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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GR Focus
Derailing TRIA
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act will sunset on 31 December 2007. A bill proposing its renewal for the next 15 years should provide much needed stability. But only if it does not mandate insurers to cover attacks using weapons of mass destruction. Ben McKay explains why.
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Investment Analysis
Predicting the fallout
As the credit crunch widens its grip on the global debt markets, Lindsey Rogerson asks if the insurance and reinsurance industry should be concerned
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GR Focus
Global terror map
Terrorist threats are constantly evolving, making life for insurers particularly difficult. Exclusive Analysis presents a snapshot of terror trends around the globe and what they could mean for insurers and reinsurers.
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Features
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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Features
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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Features
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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Country Analysis
Taking the lead
Long considered to be playing second fiddle to Hong Kong, Singapore has emerged as an Asian insurance powerhouse. Liz Booth investigates the country’s rising prominence.
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GR Focus
A terrorist’s mind
Political risk underwriters do not attempt to get inside a terrorist’s mind. Solid underwriting principles apply as much to this sector as any other. David James describes the evolution of a market with confused origins and an uncertain future.
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Features
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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GR Focus
Thinking and acting global
How global is reinsurance really? Sean Mooney looks at how the industry scores against the Stanford School of Business' key criteria for successful global businesses.
