All Industry Comment articles – Page 12
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GR Focus
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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Industry Matters
Captive audience
The popularity of captives as a means of writing direct business is set to grow and grow, according to Clive James.
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Industry Matters
Time to wake up
The refusal to sanction the BAIC solvent scheme of arrangement highlights the importance of expert execution, says John Winter.
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Country Analysis
The stage is set
The liberalised Chinese economy should indicate great potential for the Directors' & Officers' market, but not before tackling governance issues, says David Walters
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Features
The retro perspective
Retro pricing should remain firm in 2005 but only in the absence of any major losses, says Piers Cantlay
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GR Focus
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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Features
On neutral grounds
Dispute resolution is tricky Pick the wrong location and it can lead to huge delays, costs and inconvenience - not to mention potential exposure to punitive damages warn Michael Mendelowitz and Kiran Soar.
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Features
Preparing for the future
As hedging becomes increasingly popular for variable annuity insurers, they must invest in the necessary tools to make it effective, cautions David Hopewell
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Features
The problem with financial reinsurance
Will the ongoing scrutiny of financial reinsurance products prompt a more coordinated approach by regulators? ask Gillian Eastwood and Ayleath Clyne
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Features
Maintaining equilibrium
Aviation premiums are falling again and underwriters have their work cut out, says Mario Montelatici
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Country Analysis
Opening the door
How has China's WTO accession shaped the insurance market and what are the prospects for growth and foreign investment? asks David Campbell
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Industry Matters
Contract uncertainty
The recent case of Absalom v TCRU drives home how vital contract certainty is, says Stephen Kilner.
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Features
Clearing the hurdles
The popularity of value of in-force securitisation as a source of alternative capital is set to continue, but watch out for the regulatory hurdles that await, warns Franz Lathuillerie
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Features
The epidemiology of insurance claims
Do disease models provide any insight into the control or mitigation of more serious insurance contagion? ask Dewi James and Richard King
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Industry Matters
What risk charity?
Insurers and charities need to work together to ensure a full understanding of the unique risks faced, urges Maria Thorpe.
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Industry Matters
Catastrophe softening
Despite softening in the reinsurance catastrophe market discipline is still being maintained, according to Sean Mooney.
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Features
Still captivated?
Contrary to popular wisdom which suggests that the importance of the captive declines in a softening market, David Stafford believes that they can still thrive
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Features
The capacity crunch is over
After three buoyant years in the underwriting cycle a re-balancing process is underway for global property business says Jon Foley
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Country Analysis
Lifting the barriers
How international is China's reinsurance market becoming? ask Andreas Lauffs, Kit Kwok and Davina Ho
