All GR Focus articles – Page 6
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The commissioner comes calling
The EU Commissioner Kroes has made it her mission to unearth anti-competitive practices within the industry, explains Chris Mckevitt
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EU Mergers - Not So dull after all
The European Union M&A market may be muted but it's still creating interest, says Maria Kielmas
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A class divide
In light of the recent BAIC decision - now on appeal - Richard Gregorian and Devi Shah question what this means for future run-off cases
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A sea change
Katrina will have a lasting and dramatic effect on the industry and the way reinsurance is purchased, say Ron Whyte and Julian Samengo-Turner
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Strategies - The informed buyer
Sally Bramall looks at the importance of proactive credit risk management and corporate governance for today's reinsurance buyer
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An Industry View on Solvency II
As simple as possible but as complex "as necessary" is the industry's message to those putting the final touches to the ambitious Solvency II project, says Gerard de La Martiniere
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Assessing the impact of Basel II
The new banking capital adequacy accord has brought new uncertainties for political risk and credit insurers, says Maria Kielmas
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From Fairchild to FAIR Act
What can we learn from the disparities between US and UK asbestos claims? asks Dan Sykes
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Learning the lessons
Despite nature's best efforts, the widespread use of catastrophe models meant reinsurers' balance sheets escaped any major storm damage in 2004, says Hemant Shah
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In the right hands
Jeffrey Radke believes fluctuations in predicted losses reflect differences in how catastrophe models are used
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Past, present and future
Dr Steve Smith explores the climatic factors affecting hurricane activity and landfalls
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Shortfalls Exposed
The events of 2004 exposed a number of shortfalls in the industry's ability to assess its hurricane exposure, reveals Peter Cheesman
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Cat modelling and the rating process
Rob Jones emphasises the importance of effective risk management tools to a reinsurer's rating
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The Government Backstop
What should the role of government be in the effective management of natural and manmade catastrophes? ask Franklin Nutter and Cynthia J Lamar
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Approaches to catastrophic risk
Jill Naamane, Wesley Phillips, and William Shear dissect the differences in approach to catastrophe management on both sides of the Atlantic
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The investigators are in town
With the arrival of the regulators in Hamilton, Mairi Mallon considers the potential fallout from the finite investigation for Bermuda
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Pull in by the current
Bermuda has long proved a magnet for US ceded reinsurance, and according to Ronald Gift Mullins, the island's pull is growing stronger
