All Industry Matters articles – Page 3
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When storms turn political
With the prospect of high hurricane activity and pressure to keep rates low, reinsurers face a growing need to mitigate their risks, as Bob Ward explains.
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Dealing with a surge of claims
Reinsurers need their own cat management plan to avoid being overcome by the volume of claims arising from a major catastrophe, says Mark Sullivan.
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Commodity inflation heightens catastrophe risk
Chris O’Kane looks at why the industry urgently needs to wake up to the real possibility of “commodity surge”.
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A long-term view of Latin America
Despite the incredible opportunities in Latin America, the market must shed its old image to fully capitalise, insists Stephen Jackson.
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Expecting the unexpected
Steve Smith says the science points to a hurricane season in line with the heightened risk period – or worse.
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Directive results
Most (re)insurers believe EU directives will cause a rise in run-off business, explains Dan Schwarzmann
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Balancing the scales
The Law Commissions’ proposed changes in insurance law will be welcomed as a means to correct perceived bias, says Ken McKenzie.
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Ain’t no ocean wide enough
The Transatlantic insurance relationship could receive a boost if a joint proposal from both sides of the pond is applied, says Alberto Corinti.
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Risky recruitment
Do employers need to be more agile in their search for new talent? Barbara Schönhofer lists the questions all recruiters should be asking themselves.
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Getting the message
As Lloyd’s new e-commerce initiative gets underway, Alex Letts explains the very big difference between a data messaging hub and e-trading.
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The next generation
The burgeoning Asian reinsurance market is here to stay, says Wee Choo Neo.
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A capital way to measure risk
With new solvency laws, Bermuda should remain untroubled by capital adequacy problems or policyholder losses, explains Warren Cabral.
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A year of transition
With balance sheets looking strong in the reinsurance sector, Robert DeRose, Andrew Colannino and Richard Attanasio review the US property casualty industry.
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Support for subscription
The London insurance market insists it is not anticompetitive, and AIRMIC agrees, says John Hurrell.
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Scheming for success
Employing a scheme manager could result in quicker closure and reduced costs, say David Hunt and Richard Emmett.
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Lessons learnt
The market forces that devastated the workers’ compensation market have wreaked even greater havoc in the subprime mortgage market. Brian O’Sullivan asks why those lessons weren’t learned.
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Keeping the peace
Captive reinsurance disputes can be lengthy and expensive. David McCarthy offers some simple but effective solutions to avoid such quarrels.
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Spring cleaning
A major initiative to clean up its data should put the Lloyd's market back on track, reveals Ian Major.
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Captives in the Gulf
There is huge untapped potential for the captive industry in the Middle East. Global Reinsurance asks Stephen May about these uncharted waters.
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Battling the tax man
Onshore US captives have won the latest tax battle, but the war isn't over yet, explains Jean-Paul Louisot.
