All Global Reinsurance articles in February 2008
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GR Focus
Settling or sinking?
Do softening reinsurance rates spell a return to the pricing nadir of 1999/2000, or are reinsurers simply giving something back after two good years? asks Jason Howard.
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GR Focus
To return or not to return?
Roger Sellek examines the pros and cons of returning capital to shareholders in today’s rapidly softening market.
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Editor's Note
Tip of the iceberg
Members of the audience stifled a few giggles as the familiar soundtrack from the blockbuster movie Titanic was played. It may have seemed absurd but it was really no laughing matter
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Features
Safe as houses?
The world’s largest insured catastrophe loss of 2007 occurred in Europe. Dr David Maréchal and Dr Jane Toothill warn underwriters not to underestimate the region’s loss potential.
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Analysis
Home on the range
White Mountains Re weathered the stormy seasons of 2004 and 2005. But can it survive the softening markets? Nick Thorpe investigates.
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Cover Story
How low will they go?
Reinsurance prices dropped across the board at the 1 January renewals. Helen Yates asks what could prevent prices going into freefall. Have underwriters learned the lessons of the past?
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Industry Matters
Understanding floods
Flood management requires a comprehensive understanding of risk, says Claire Souch.
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Investment Analysis
Keeping the faith
With rates now falling, what can reinsurers do to keep investors interested after they have banked their share of this year’s profits? Lindsey Rogerson finds out.
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Country Analysis
Global domination
It is the world’s only super power and yet the number of reinsurers in the United States continues to drop. Ronald Gift Mullins takes on the mammoth task of assessing one of the world’s most complex and dynamic insurance markets.
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Industry Matters
A catastrophic year
Despite the low level of losses, 2007 had more catastrophes than any other year on record, reveals Angelika Wirtz.
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GR Focus
The cashmere market
Rates are plummeting again across the reinsurance industry as the soft market tightens its grip. Brian Boornazian looks at each line and makes his predictions for 2008.
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Features
Bucking the trend
Retro pricing fell marginally at the 1 January renewals, but it’s not a buyers’ market yet. Mairi Mallon looks at the dynamics facing a market with its own unique set of rules.
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Industry Matters
Bright future
Brazil’s recently opened reinsurance market could benefit the whole industry, says Franklin Santarelli.
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Industry Matters
Legacy comes of age
Philip Grant examines the run-off industry’s efforts to improve claims management.
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SupplementsERM and Solvency II
The 2012 deadline may be some way off, but insurers and reinsurers must prepare now, finds Helen Yates
