All Global Reinsurance articles in October 2003
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A timely reminder
With negotiations for the year-end renewals about to start in earnest, will the recent spate of natural catastrophes have any impact on prices or conditions? By Sarah Goddard.
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Re-engineering standards
Business processes within the re-insurance sector are traditionally slow to re-engineer. Global Reinsurance, in association with SAP, invited some leading experts in the European re/insurance sector to debate to what degree, realistically, technology will and can contribute to modernisation.
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Does size matter?
Leslie-Ann Giovnilli assesses the results of a recent survey into the London run-off sector.
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Leapfrogging the market
Reinsurers must prepare for the inevitable soft market. By Andy Giffin and Rick Shaw.
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Future of Funds
Phil Zinkewicz assesses the need for change in the US state guaranty fund system.
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In the eye of the storm
Unmanned aerial vehicles are a valuable tool in the monitoring of weather systems. Greg Holland looks to the skies and examines their benefits.
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Eagle-eyed techie
On 8 September, ri3k announced that it now had what amounted to a critical mass of industry support for its electronic reinsurance hub. International brands such as Aviva, Guy Carpenter, PartnerRe, Hiscox, RSA and Talanx/HDI were putting their weight behind an effort to accelerate the speed of the industry's transition ...
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The Solvency II Directive
With the first working document expected this autumn, Praveen Sharma considers how the Solvency II Directive might affect captives.
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A difficult situation
With equity markets continuing to underperform, Diane Knowles outlines a number of structured solutions to a long-term strategy.
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Degrees of negativity
With the industry set to remain saddled with a negative outlook for the foreseeable future, Nigel Allen assesses the reinsurance sector from the perspective of the rating agencies.
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Challenging times
Holger Gaserow assesses the many challenges facing the German insurance market as it approaches the 2004 renewal season.
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Bullish in China
Clarence Wong looks at the prospects for reinsurers in the midst of regulatory and market change in China.
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Calm amid the storms
With the reinsurance industry retaining its negative outlook, Nigel Allen reveals how those at this year's Rendez-Vous de Septembre were still positive as the renewal season approaches.
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Lights, Camera, Action
GR TV's second outing at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre proved a resounding success.
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Accounting-speak
As the EU prepares for a single accounting language, Gary Hibbett and Mukesh Mittal translate the Phase 1 Exposure Draft on Insurance Contracts.
