All articles by Helen Yates – Page 3
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Country Analysis
Emerald Isle
Partner Re, XL, Allied World, Quanta and Max Insurance are all based out there. No it’s not Bermuda but Dublin, Ireland that is becoming one of Europe’s most attractive reinsurance centres. Helen Yates reports.
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Features
No guarantees
Huge losses, downgrades and fears of corporate defaults. If ever there was a case study in the risks associated with a monoline business model, the bond insurance sector has provided it. Helen Yates reports.
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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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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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AnalysisAllstate forced to defend rate hikes
A Florida Senate panel grills the insurer after banning it from the state
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AnalysisAnother one bites the dust
Should Hardy’s decision to up sticks to Bermuda come as a warning to the UK Treasury?
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AnalysisWildfires break all records
Future losses will grow if demographic trends continue, insurers warned
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AnalysisHeed the global warning
Reinsurers were “lucky” not to have been hit with major cat losses in 2007, says Peter Middleton
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AnalysisStick to your knitting
Reinsurance rates should remain “fairly stable” at the 1 January renewals, predicts Sharon Gallagher
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SupplementsBuying Strategies - Introduction
There is growing evidence to suggest that buying strategies, as we once knew them, have changed dramatically. The emergence of non-traditional reinsurance solutions, technology and enterprise risk management are just some of the current influences affecting how reinsurance is bought.
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AnalysisLondon must see the light
Change now or lose future investors, warned speakers at the London ACORD Forum
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AnalysisCat bond charge continues into Q4
Subprime has not hindered new cat bond issuances, says Dan Ozizmir
