All Financial articles – Page 9
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Online onlyBaden-Baden: Profitable opportunities still exist – Swiss Re
Earnings improvement possible without shrinking
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Online onlySwiss Re places $175m mortality bond
Reinsurer announces latest issuance under Vita Capital programme
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Online onlyEverest expects $75m cat losses in Q3
Reinsurer moves to assuage concerns following COO departure
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People & OpinionLeader: Can we stop the slide?
The true test of underwriting discipline will be how companies behave as rates continue to soften
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Country FocusNew heights
The tax breaks, the talent and the regulatory advantages are attractive, but access to European business is the main appeal of Switzerland as a domicile. As a glut of reinsurers form operations in Zurich, we look at what its growing influence as a hub could mean for other jurisdictions
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NewsCapital and reinsurance: Glacier Re goes down
Hedge funds’ involvement in reinsurance through Glacier Re has been short and sweet. The decision to put the company into run-off is not down to losses but investors’ desire to withdraw
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Online onlyAon Benfield launches capital advisory team
New service to help clients manage capital and reinsurance
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AnalysisAfter the event: A Rendez-vous retrospective
While there was no conference-defining event to focus the minds of Monte Carlo delegates this year, reinsurers’ levels of capitalisation, profitability prospects and ability to innovate were debated as the industry enters a tough phase in the cycle
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AnalysisBehind the curtain
Criticised for failing to predict the banking crisis and for the simplicity of their financial strength models, has the illusion of power wielded by the rating agencies finally been broken?
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AnalysisIASB: start planning now
The IASB’s proposed new accounting standards aim for improved consistency and transparency. However, we should expect more volatility in insurers’ results, and the market will need time to adjust to the changes to income statements
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NewsNeal Bill: rumble of the jumbos
The elephantine battle between US insurance companies wanting to close the ‘Bermuda loophole’ and reinsurers fearing an unfair tax could drastically affect the American consumer
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Online onlyTawa to acquire Bermuda's Island Capital
Tawa to pay $7.4m up front for Bermudan insurer Island Capital
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