All Global Reinsurance articles in June 2007
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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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Features
The value of run-off ratings
One of the biggest announcements at this year’s ARC Congress in London came from Standard & Poor’s, which announced it would be offering a ratings service to the run-off industry. But what is the actual value of run-off ratings, asks Helen Yates, and will it be welcomed by the industry?
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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
Passport to success
Will passporting rights and favourable tax rules in some European countries give them the edge when it comes to attracting new business? The Reinsurance Directive is about to become law across Europe, and when it does, the balance of power could shift. Liz Booth reports
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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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Investment Analysis
Investment: Is run-off now sexy?
National Indemnity’s deal with Equitas has breathed life into the run-off industry and roused interest from a whole new generation of investors. Lindsey Rogerson takes stock.
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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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FeaturesGive me an “A”!
Do all start-up reinsurers just get an “A-” rating by default? In the absence of a proven track record, Ronald Gift Mullins explores how the rating agencies judge the strength of the industry’s newcomers
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FeaturesMass exodus
Is Bermuda losing its shine? New time limits on work permits could force out 10,000 workers and this could spell the start of a slow decline of the reinsurance paradise, warns Roger Crombie
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Analysis
SCOR: Leapfrog over the competition
Now that the sparring is over, Nick Thorpe takes a look at SCOR’s bid to create the fifth largest multi-line reinsurer in the world via its takeover of Converium
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Industry Matters
Willis rejects supplemental compensations
Joe Plumeri explains why Willis is not supporting supplemental compensations
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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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Cover StoryThe profit burden
Ahead of the mid-year renewals, Bermudian reinsurers find themselves flush with capital and short on opportunity. So with Validus confirming its bid for Talbot, is an M&A frenzy looking all the more likely? Mairi Mallon reports
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FeaturesGR Survey: Florida’s impact on Bermuda
In May, GR ran a readership survey to establish what impact new Florida laws could have on the Bermuda market ahead of the mid-year renewals. Helen Yates presents the results
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GR Focus
Exiting Bermuda style
With so many adolescent players, Bermuda is not an obvious centre for discontinued business. But Katrina provided some highly-visible run-off activity, which illustrates the market’s growing sophistication, explains Charles Thresh
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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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Country Analysis
Australia: Feeling the heat down under
Insurer profits remain high in Australia, but premiums continue to slide. Lindsay Marshall reports on an increasingly competitive landscape and a market still marred by the dramatic HIH failure
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GR Focus
Preventing scheme attacks
Non-US schemes of arrangement are increasingly vulnerable to attack from US cedants, via Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code. Selinda Melnik offers some advice for scheme success
