All Global Reinsurance articles in October 2008
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IIS programme invites research papers
International Insurance Society and the Geneva Association will award $10,000 to winning entries
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GR Focus
Subprime rot spreads
The credit crisis is an example of systemic risk, whereby the effects of a crisis in one area of the economy quickly spread to a wide range of others, writes David Sandham
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GR Focus
Underwriting profits to the rescue
With (re)insurers hit by big investment losses, the pressure is on underwriting profits to save the day, writes Ronald Gift Mullins
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GR Focus
Legal mountain
One of the major impacts of the credit crunch on the insurance sector is the large number of Directors & Officers and Errors & Omissions claims that are expected to be filed. David Sandham assesses the damage.
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Features
Fly me to the moon
Sir Richard Branson has a dream, and a bold message for insurers and reinsurers. Not only does he intend to corner the space tourism market, he plans to insure his space launches under aviation – not space – insurance. David Banks spoke to Virgin Galactic to find out more.
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GR Focus
How the mighty have fallen
Ronald Gift Mullins reviews what went wrong at the insurance giant.
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Industry Matters
Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?
Despite the principal of broker independence, insurers are actively pursuing broker acquisitions, says Geoff Kinsella
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Country Analysis
The last false dawn
An economic boom and the advance of takaful are two trends which mean the much-anticipated retention of Arabian reinsurance premium is beginning to take off, writes David Banks.
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Features
Pick of the crop
Bermudians are looking for ways to get into the US agricultural insurance market, writes Mairi Mallon.
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GR Focus
Handling the crisis
With the dual impact of the credit crunch and softening market on balance sheets, Helen Yates asks how reinsurers can best navigate their way out of this challenging environment.
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Industry Matters
Chasing cyber storms
Is the reinsurance industry conducting enough research to understand future cyber risk, asks Drew Bartkiewicz
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CEO Q&A
CEO Q&A: Richard Ward
An interview with Richard Ward, the chief executive officer of Lloyd’s.
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Investment Analysis
Safe cat in a storm
As turmoil convulses the world’s financial markets, the uncorrelated nature of catastrophe bonds makes them stand out from the crowd, writes David Sandham.
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GR Focus
Broken by fin cat
The financial catastrophe overcoming AIG and the subsequent Fed bail-out will go down in economic history as one of the most extraordinary weeks ever. Mairi Mallon delves through the entrails of the AIG crisis.
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Editor's Note
Back from Monte Carlo
We find ourselves at a unique moment in financial history.The credit crisis has claimed not only another Wall Street investment bank (Lehman, after Bear Stearns fell last March) but also now AIG, one of the world’s greatest insurance companies.The $85bn loan the U.S. government granted on 16 September to save ...
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Industry Matters
Programme optimisation is the answer
Vicky Carter discusses why a strategic approach to reinsurance is the key to lowering capital costs
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Industry Matters
Against short-termism
The reinsurance industry needs to move to a more sustainable model, argues David Huckstepp
