All Industry Comment articles – Page 10
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Industry Matters
What next for cat bonds?
2005 was a big year for catastrophe bonds but is this set to continue? asks Christopher McGhee.
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GR Focus
One flu over the Cuckoo's Nest
With growing concern over bird flu, Andrew Tunnicliffe considers how alternative risk transfer could provide a solution to this pandemic risk
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Features
Hung out to dry
Australia is another jurisdiction joining the US in its efforts to tackle money laundering Dean Carrigan and Penny Holloway discuss its potential impact on insurers.
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Features
Filling the reserves
Duncan Briggs and Cheryl Tibbits consider the conservatism in Regulation XXX and the approaches taken to fund the reserve strain
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Industry Matters
Putting the record straight
The satellite insurance industry has to date offered non-specific coverage, but the one size does not fit all, argues André Finn.
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Features
Service will be resumed
In the aftermath of the US hurricanes, business interruption has become a topical issue, but it is often misunderstood Ling Ong, Catherine Rawlin and James Stanbury consider some of the legal and practical accounting issues arising after a major catastrophe.
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Features
Coming of age
Can small to medium-sized players take advantage of the life securitisation market? asks Scott Willkomm
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Industry Matters
Middle Eastern appeal
The London market is catering to a growing demand for specialist products in the Middle East, says Alan McGraw.
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Features
Balancing risk and reward
Increasingly insurers are employing economic capital as a measure of required capital and setting target rates of return on this capital Yet, a recent study questions whether there is sufficient understanding and buy-in to ensure that such frameworks are effective. Mark Train and Shyam Venkat consider the findings.
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Industry Matters
To finality and beyond
The ‘reinsurance to close' market is not being actively serviced, believes Dermot Joyce.
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Features
Putting capital to the test
While capital adequacy proved fairly robust following another active hurricane season in 2005, greater consistency across capital models is needed, argues Vasilis Katsipis
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GR Focus
The catalyst for growth
What have been the key drivers that have seen the UK life run-off market double in size in only five years? Darryl Ashbourne provides his insight
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Industry Matters
Flying contradictions
Four years of rate cuts in aviation reinsurance isn't putting off new entrants, says David Whiter.
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Industry Matters
At a crossroads
To what extent should the US government be involved in insuring catastrophic risks? asks Ernie Csiszar.
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GR Focus
The run-off gatekeeper
Is the role of the broker that of doctor or mortician when it comes to the run-off market? ask Stephanie Mocatta and Richard Whatton
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Industry Matters
Model Behaviour
With recalibration of the catastrophe models expected in 2006, Alistair Lockhart-Smith highlights the unique challenges posed by the energy sector
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Features
Fac on track
Elliot Richardson considers the critical role which facultative reinsurance has played in the January renewals
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Industry Matters
A Lost Opportunity?
The relief at TRIA's extension quickly turned to disappointment that more had not been done, says Laurie Kamaiko
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Industry Matters
A Work in Progress
Contract certainty is now a visable part of business processes for many London market insurers and reinsurers, says John Hobbs
