All articles by Helen Yates – Page 4
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AnalysisCapital market revolution
Capital market solutions will transform the industry, predicted delegates at Insuring Climate Change
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Features
The price isn’t right
Angry industry associations have hit out at suggestions that the subscription market is anti-competitive. Helen Yates asks if this could push differentiated pricing up the agenda
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FeaturesGR Survey: Insuring tomorrow’s climate
Is the industry strong enough to cope with $40bn-plus weather losses every single year? Helen Yates presents the results from GR’s latest survey on insuring climate change
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Editor's NoteLife after Monte Carlo
I survived my first Rendez-Vous de Septembre two years ago. There have been interesting changes in just that short time.Granted, I was particularly green during my first Rendez-Vous. I recall hyperventilating as I hobbled around the marina in impractical heels gasping down the phone that somebody had moved the GE ...
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AnalysisBermuda premier justifies time limits
Ewart Brown justified new three-year work permits in a recent speech in Washington
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AnalysisNorthern Rock becomes subprime victim
As the lender's share price plummets what does it mean for insurers?
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Online onlyPolitics threatens the industry, warns Shah
A large earthquake in San Francisco could send the industry into turmoil, warns Hemant Shah
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Online onlyBreen: Sidecars served their purpose
Sidecars “were a really great idea for a problem we had last year”, says Stephen Breen
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Online onlyRepeating the mistakes of the past
Reinsurers should put their surplus capital to better use, argues David Siesko
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Online onlyIndustry is being “too pessimistic”
Companies should stop talking the market down, says Hans-Peter Gerhardt
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Online onlySubprime crisis could impact Bermuda
Bermuda could see consolidation due to the credit market crunch, predicts Peter Middleton
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Online onlyLockton seeks China licence
Lockton is applying for a licence to operate in China, says Paul Jack
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Online onlyPrices to drop by 10%-15%
Reinsurance pricing will drop by 10%-15% at the 1 January renewals, predicts Paddy Jago
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AnalysisSpencer: Consolidation set to continue
Acquisitions will feature strongly in the coming months, predicts John Spencer
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AnalysisBecker upbeat despite inevitable softening
“2007 will turn out to be an attractive underwriting year," says Max Capital CEO Marty Becker
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Underwriters face “psychological barrier”
Letting unprofitable business go is a psychological barrier, says Moody’s in Monte Carlo
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AnalysisDeutsche Bank backs run-off venture
New run-off firm Afinia proves run-off is full of opportunity
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FeaturesGR Survey: Inevitable rate softening
Only a significant natural catastrophe loss in 2007 could hold back the inevitable softening of rates. Such was the conclusion of GR readers in our latest survey. Helen Yates presents the results
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Editor's Note
Reality bites
Being in Monte Carlo is like being stuck in a time warp. In the ever-changing world of insurance and reinsurance it is comforting escapism to be sat once again in the Café de Paris, gazing across Casino Square at the elegant façade of the Hotel de Paris. The yearly gathering, ...
