All Features articles – Page 16
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Features
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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GR Focus
Back on the boardroom table
Claims has long been regarded as a poor relation at Lloyd’s, forgotten by the boardroom and unrecognised by the investor. Emma Jones investigates whether this is still true.
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Investment Analysis
Investment cat bond craze
Softening rates and ample capacity have done nothing to stem the unstoppable pupularity of catastrophe bonds, discovers Lindsey Rogerson
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Analysis
Max Capital
Is this the turning point for Max Capital? After last year's internal investigations, restatement and CEO resignation the company is back on track. But has it become an attractive takeover target? Mairi Mallon reports
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FeaturesGR Survey: Catastrophe models
Users think catastrophe models are good value for money and increasingly important to their business. The challenge, it seems, is to feed them better data – and to use their output more effectively. Peter Joy reports
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GR Focus
Rising to the challenge
Allstate has been subpoenaed twice over its handling of Katrina claims in Mississippi and media reports have been less than favourable. Despite having settled 98% of cases, insurers continue to garner what Alex Soto believes is unfair criticism
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GR FocusClaims - Laying new foundations
The litigation is all but over and rebuilding has begun. Helen Yates asks what lessons have been learnt from the claims disputes arising from the World Trade Center loss.
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Cover StoryCorrelations of risk
Large catastrophes often reveal unexpected correlations and loss amplifications. Nick Thorpe examines whether these correlations of risk could catch out insurers, reinsurers and their investors
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Country Analysis
Mexico - Rosy future
With political stability, a growing economy and increasing demand for natural catastrophe capacity, the future of the Mexican insurance industry is looking rosy, discovers Ana Paula Nacif.
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CEO Q&A
Robin Spencer-Arscot
An interview with Robin Spencer-Arscott, president of Cyrus Re, deputy chairman of AAA Risk Solutions, president of RSA Services and chairman of the World Insurance Forum.
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FeaturesThe tug of war
The battle to remove restrictions for foreign reinsurers in the US has taken another twist. The NAIC is now advocating a review of all regulations governing insurers. Ronald Gift Mullins looks at the pros and cons
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GR Focus
Coming of age
The Equitas deal has thrust run-off into the international limelight and thrown open a door of possibilities. Philip Grant explores how legacy management came of age
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GR Focus
Preventing scheme attacks
Non-US schemes of arrangement are increasingly vulnerable to attack from US cedants, via Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code. Selinda Melnik offers some advice for scheme success
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FeaturesGR Survey: Florida’s impact on Bermuda
In May, GR ran a readership survey to establish what impact new Florida laws could have on the Bermuda market ahead of the mid-year renewals. Helen Yates presents the results
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GR Focus
Exiting Bermuda style
With so many adolescent players, Bermuda is not an obvious centre for discontinued business. But Katrina provided some highly-visible run-off activity, which illustrates the market’s growing sophistication, explains Charles Thresh
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Cover StoryThe profit burden
Ahead of the mid-year renewals, Bermudian reinsurers find themselves flush with capital and short on opportunity. So with Validus confirming its bid for Talbot, is an M&A frenzy looking all the more likely? Mairi Mallon reports
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Analysis
SCOR: Leapfrog over the competition
Now that the sparring is over, Nick Thorpe takes a look at SCOR’s bid to create the fifth largest multi-line reinsurer in the world via its takeover of Converium
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FeaturesMass exodus
Is Bermuda losing its shine? New time limits on work permits could force out 10,000 workers and this could spell the start of a slow decline of the reinsurance paradise, warns Roger Crombie
