All Global Reinsurance articles in November 2009
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Features
Small beginnings
Recent natural disasters have highlighted one of the biggest challenges for the insurance world – the lack of policies in poorer regions. Helen Yates uncovers how microinsurance and public-private initiatives are slowly making changes.
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Industry Matters
Reinsurance capital: Good news, bad news
Reinsurers have been struggling to find new capital since the start of the financial crisis and the picture is set to continue while the market for distressed debt yields greater returns. What are the wider implications of a lack of fresh capital for reinsurance and when will those investors return?
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Features
Quake with uncertainty
New quake models could lead to downward pressure on rates. But how shaky is the science on which the new models are based, asks Tim Evershed.
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Editor's Note
Values we should learn from
In the wake of the financial crisis, the insurance industry has tried to distance itself from the investment banking industry, where the trouble began. And this has meant a return to core values.When it comes to the image of capitalism in general, there is no more prominent champion of core ...
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Features
Held to ransom
As Somali pirates continue to rampage through the Gulf of Aden, seizing ships and threatening lives, Liz Booth speaks to a chief executive caught up in the nightmare of one particular hijack.
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Industry Matters
Consolidation not recapitalisation
Stephen Ross warns that M&A, not recapitalisation, can be expected
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Industry Matters
Capital drought hits run-off
Nick Eddery-Joel says the capital drought has had an impact on the run-off sector
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Industry Matters
Brokers' responsibility
Carsten Thienel says brokers must educate clients on the capital situation
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Cover Story
Broker battle
The two largest reinsurance brokers, Aon Benfield and Guy Carpenter, are slugging it out in the fight to win clients and place business. At the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, David Sandham met the chief executive of each firm.
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GR Focus
The next 90 days
Lloyd’s chief executive Richard Ward talks to David Banks about the key challenges he faces as he prepares for a three-month spell that will define his leadership.
