All Features articles – Page 20
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Country Analysis
Hong Kong - Enter the dragon
One of Asia-Pacific's true success stories, Hong Kong's mature insurance market is testament to the city's competitiveness. And it is set to play a pivotal role as China opens her doors to the global reinsurance community, discovers Shirish Nadkarni.
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Investment Analysis
Opportunity knocks
With the 2004 and 2005 storm seasons clearly etched in their minds, some investors are overreacting every time the wind blows and missing an opportunity, explains Lindsey Rogerson.
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CEO Q&A
Alan Griffin – CEO Q&A
An interview with Alan Griffin, chairman and chief executive officer of JLT Re.
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Features
Asbestos U-turn
Last month the UK government overruled the House of Lords by rewriting the law on asbestos payouts. Mairi Mallon reports on this unusual behaviour and its implications for insurers.
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Cover Story
When the wind blows
If "Katrina" was the word on everybody's lips at last year's Rendez-Vous, this year it is "capacity". With the gap between the hard and soft markets widening, Helen Yates considers what might be on underwriters' minds come this Monte Carlo gathering.
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Investment Analysis
There she blows
The profitability of the reinsurance industry appears inextricably linked to the continuing hurricane season. Lindsey Rogerson investigates.
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Analysis
Buying spree continues
Jacqueline McGarry asks whether Australia's largest insurer might be about to go on another acquisition rampage.
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GR Focus
Collateralisation collision
The 100% collateral rule for foreign reinsurers doing business in the US has long been accused of unfairness. But a more level playing field could be just around the corner, explains Ronald Gift Mullins.
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Editor's Note
Editor's Note - The full Monte
Is it just me who thinks Monte Carlo is one of the more bizarre places in the world?
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Features
Sink or swim?
How do reinsurers survive a "BBB" rating? Nick Thorpe explores the rocky road to recovery.
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GR Focus
The cautious accountant
The demise of WorldCom and Enron, and the resulting Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, has revolutionised the way accountants and reinsurers interact, explains Mairi Mallon.
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Country Analysis
Cleaning up its act
One of the largest potential insurance markets in Europe is only just getting off the ground. James Hydzik discovers that Ukraine is shedding its shady image in an effort to establish a lucrative insurance industry.
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Investment Analysis
Euro Alone now
Europe is still seen as a somewhat difficult market, and analysts are concerned this might be having a detrimental effect on European reinsurers, says Lindsey Rogerson.
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Analysis
Keeping its eye on the ball
After being hit with hurricane losses of $600m in 2005, Endurance was quick off the mark to make some necessary changes to its risk profile, discovers Lilla Zuill.
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CEO Q&A
Hemant Shah - CEO Q&A
An interview with Hemant Shah, president and chief executive officer of Risk Management Solutions (RMS).
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Editor's Note
Editor's Note - The clock is ticking
Hurricane seasons can be deceiving because they encourage us to think on a yearly basis when longer-term trends can be more revealing.
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Cover Story
Restoring the faith
Could the industry's catastrophe models better predict Katrina today? After last year's wake-up call, Helen Yates assesses the recent changes made to improve the models' ability to analyse hurricane exposure.
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Analysis
Aon - rising to the challenge
Broking giant Aon had its fair share of trials and tribulations in 2005, but far from sticking its head in the sand it is obviating any future issues through reform and restructuring, reports Helen Yates
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Cover Story
Back on an even keel
Nigel Allen describes the efforts by Bermuda's plethora of reinsurers to get their finances back on track after suffering a battering during last year's hurricane season, and asks whether they are ready for a possible round two?
