All Industry Comment articles – Page 5
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Industry Matters
More study needed
With the TRIA extension causing a stir in the US, Ben McKay examines the controversial NBCR provision
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Features
The next generation of risk
Many countries in Asia are developing rapidly, with their cities mushrooming. They are also in some of the most hazard-prone parts of the world, warns Domenico del Re.
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Industry Matters
A disaster waiting to happen?
Paul Nunn provides an overview of the 2007 hurricane season forecasts
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Industry Matters
Integrating catastrophes
JB Crozet looks at the value for reinsurers of including catastrophe models in their business plans
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Industry Matters
New kid on the block
Matt Huddleston explains how the Met Office has staked a claim to tropical storm forecasting
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Features
Stormy skies ahead
The industry enjoyed a benign hurricane season in 2006, but the same cannot be expected in 2007 warns Dr Steve Smith. Warmer sea temperatures and natural weather patterns are likely to cause an above average storm season this year.
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Industry Matters
Retaining talent
Ian Wicks asks why companies need to attract and retain the best talent
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Industry Matters
Rating Takaful
Moody’s Investors Service explains the process behind rating a takaful company
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Features
Out of the loop
Two recent cases have highlighted potential issues associated with an insurer’s requirement to notify its reinsurer in D&O claims. Colin Peck outlines the dangers for reinsurers of using standard notification clauses
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Industry Matters
Last year's model?
With the popularity of solvent schemes on the rise, Jon Francis looks at the pros and cons of exit solutions.
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Features
Imperfect solution
With the industry preparing to adopt the FSA’s principles-based approach to regulation, Colin Smith, James Schacht and Lynne Prescott Hepler look at its feasibility and ask if such a scheme could work in the US
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Industry Matters
Willis rejects supplemental compensations
Joe Plumeri explains why Willis is not supporting supplemental compensations
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Features
Beneath the surface
Apart from the high profile case of the NatWest Three, D&O cases rarely hit the headlines. But the sector remains a hotbed of activity, with the equity market boom and new laws driving current trends, explains Adam Codrington
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GR Focus
Time for transparency
The issue of broker transparency is now firmly back in the spotlight with the industry anticipating another regulatory crackdown, this time at the hands of the European Commission. Richard Bucknall and David Margrett suggest the best way forward.
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GR Focus
Picking up the pieces
The era since Eliot Spitzer's bid-rigging allegations has transformed the insurance brokerage market. Steven Ader assesses the impact on its three biggest players.
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Industry Matters
Nuclear reserves
It may sound far fetched, but it works. Dewi James describes how the nuclear decay process can be used to describe reserving methods
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Industry Matters
Managing investor demands
With almost $35bn raised since Hurricane Katrina, much of it from the capital markets, the industry must cater to this important source of capacity, explain Jean-Bernard Crozet and Colum D’Auria
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Industry Matters
Climate change is here
With predictions for a highly active hurricane season in 2007, Trevor Maynard considers the ompact of climate change on natural catastrophes.
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Industry Matters
Hedging cat perils
Allianz’s new catastrophe bond covers flooding in the UK by offsetting the risk against North American earthquakes, explains Marc Hannebert
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Features
Managing reserves
Reserving remains more of an art than a science for most primary insurers, and getting it wrong has been a common occurrence in recent history. Bev FitzGerald suggests a claims-based solution.
