All Financial articles – Page 5
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AnalysisMopping up
The recovery effort has begun, but confusion over what really happened during the Australian floods and the scale of the damage could mean reinsurers end up paying out more than they need to
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Online onlyMoody’s mulls Flagstone downgrade
Q1 catastrophes likely to result in “material losses” for the reinsurer
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Online onlySwiss Re expects $1.2bn Japan loss
Power plant explosion ‘unlikely to result in a significant loss’
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Online onlyEndurance reveals 2011 cat losses of $55m
Reinsurer considers it ‘premature’ to estimate Japan losses
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Online onlyRenRe expects "significant" hit from Japan quake
Reinsurer expects to pay out $220m for Australia and NZ events
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Online onlyHannover Re reports record profits despite sharp claims increase
Full year net income €748.9m
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News AgendaRetro revolution
Fully collateralised catastrophe cover has helped to fill some of the pressing needs of the retro market since the hurricanes of 2005 dented capacity. But is it still too far outside the mainstream to achieve the key players’ goal of meeting all buyers’ reinsurance needs?
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People & OpinionIn with the old
APH liabilities have lain dormant on balance sheets since the 1980s, but Solvency II should prompt companies to look at them anew as a potential source of profit
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CedantsKnowledge is power
Data modelling has transformed the nature of reinsurance buying, with brokers frantically engaged in an ‘analytics arms race’. Four insiders gave us their take on this rapidly evolving industry
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People & OpinionLeader: Appearances can be deceiving
Combined ratio may seem like a standard calculation, but that's not always the case
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NewsSqueezed from all sides
The major US-listed players have released their figures for 2010 and despite remaining overcapitalised and failing to boost profit margins in many cases, there are reasons to be proud
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Online onlyFlorida cuts Tokio Millennium's collateral requirement
Reinsurer only needs to post 20% collateral
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Online onlyValidus expects up to $50m loss from latest NZ quake
(Re)insurer does not expect a material impact from 2011 losses to date
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Online onlyHartford completes $135m cat bond placement
Deal to protect insurer against US hurricane
