All articles by Helen Yates – Page 5
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AnalysisUK floods highlight future risk
How freak weather events are encouraging insurers to look at alternatives
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AnalysisIs subprime the next Enron?
Professional liability re/insurers prepare for the fallout of the US subprime collapse
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AnalysisMexico braces for cat 4 Dean
Dean is expected to make landfall in Mexico in four days time as a category 4 storm
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Online onlyConcerns over US cat fund bill
A new bill proposing a national catastrophe fund requires “a healthy amount of scepticism” warns Bob Hartwig
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Online onlyUK flooding linked to climate change
The UN’s IPCC says extreme weather events will become more frequent
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Online onlyResults suggest softening rates
The dip in reinsurers' premiums in Q2 suggests the softening has begun
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Online onlyHas China been oversold?
Opportunities in China may be overstated, warns Ascot CEO Martin Reith
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Online onlyHurricanes more likely to make landfall
Hurricanes are likely to form in the Caribbean, increasing the likelihood of storms making landfall, warn climate specialists
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Online onlyRenewable energy craze begins
If oil is liquid gold, renewable energy is quickly becoming sustainable gold for insurers and reinsurers
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Online onlyHas Validus saved its ratings?
Is the successful takeover of Talbot and a new injection of capital enough to appease AM Best
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Online onlyBusiness as usual in Bermuda
The president of the ABIR warns that rival jurisdications could attempt to exploit Bermuda's problems
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Online onlyFarewell to catastrophe reinsurance?
A spate of new cat bonds suggests insurers increasingly prefer the capital markets for risk management
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Online onlyBermuda premier named in corruption file
Can the Bermuda insurance industry remain unaffected by the current political climate on the island?
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Online onlyClimate change: insurers have a crucial role
The industry must recognise its important role in providing solutions to help curb climate change
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Online onlyBermuda reinsurers flock to Lloyd’s
Lloyd’s is proving to be a firm favourite for Bermuda reinsurers seeking to diversify
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Online onlyPooling together to cover catastrophes
Is the first-ever multi-country catastrophe pool a major step forward for hazard-prone regions?
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Editor's Note
Change is good
“You want us to change?!” The last few months has provided me with some interesting insights into the life of a Lloyd’s underwriter. Cultural resistance to change is by no means unique to the London market. Towards the end of last year, journalists on GR and its sister publications Insurance ...
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SupplementsRun-off revival - Introduction
Slowly but surely the ingrained prejudices about run-off are changing. This sizable and increasingly profitable business is no longer viewed as a “dead industry” but as a lucrative and innovative sector, which is attracting the keen attention of savvy investors.
