All Features articles – Page 7
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CedantsCedant Q&A: Adam Clarke of Fortis
If a good working relationship with your reinsurance buyer is key, it pays to get to know them a little better. GR talks to the man behind Fortis’s ceding arrangements
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News
View from the market: Going retro
The industry's larger players are proving they are capable of bringing new capital and capacity into the market
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Heartbreak in Haiti
The earthquake that struck Haiti last month caused catastrophic damage and loss of life, decimating an already impoverished country. But despite extremely low levels of insurance there, the industry has an important role to play in reconstruction
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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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GR Focus
View from the ramparts
Battle lines are drawn in the bid to tax foreign reinsurers in the USA. David Banks assesses the battlefield from the opposing front lines.
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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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Cover Story
Winner takes all
The battle for merger with IPC gripped the industry earlier this year, with initial frontrunner Max Capital eventually being usurped by hostile challenger Validus. David Sandham met with the chief executives of these two worthy opponents to hear their take on the fight.
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Cover StoryThe Risk Takers
Risk taking: we all do it, but some of us are are more skilled at it than others. But what would you rather do? Drive in an F1 race, gamble at cards – or underwrite at Lloyd’s? By Lauren MacGillivray and Mark Glendenning
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FeaturesStill Fighting
The former AIG boss Hank Greenberg talks to David Banks, revealing his thoughts on the company he headed for 37 years, risk management, and his nemesis Eliot Spitzer
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FeaturesLet Battle Commence
Industry consolidation is a classic feature of the insurance cycle. But while buying a company can be relatively easy, buying the right company is far more difficult, writes Roger Crombie.
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GR Focus
Renewals review: A look ahead to year-end reinsurance negotiations
Hurricanes and the financial crisis took their toll on the insurance industry before the last renewals season, but how has it changed reinsurance pricing? In our annual Renewals Review, leading experts give their insight into pricing trends ahead of end-of-year reinsurance negotiations, describing where the opportunities will be in 2010.
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The Global Reinsurance Top 40 (1-10)
GR presents its 2009 list of the most influential people in reinsurance. Influence, never an easy quality to quantify, can come from leadership of an important company – or from simply being good at what you do.
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Cover Story
Piracy
As Somali pirates continue attacking vessels in the Gulf of Aden with unprecedented skill and ferocity, the insurance industry is under pressure to come up with solutions, writes Tim Evershed.
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Cover Story
The John Wayne solution
Arming crew members makes violence more likely. And killing pirates can lead to reprisals, warns James Clarke.
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GR Focus
Not John Grisham
Money laundering, private jets and empty offices with just a name on the door. This is the stuff of John Grisham novels, not the reality for most offshore insurance centres.
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Free Willi
Wilhelm “Willi” Zeller retires as CEO of Hannover Re this month. But he is full of future plans.
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GR Focus
Passport to Europe
As an EU domicile, reinsurers can locate in Gibraltar and write business anywhere in Europe. Nigel Feetham explains how this has contributed to its popularity.
