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Cash is King
One of the most effective ways of strengthening the balance sheet is to accelerate cashflow, argues Peter Wolf.
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Capital choice
Financial models are fast becoming an essential tool of the modern reinsurance company, spurred on by the demands of shareholders and regulators. By Dr Peter England.
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New cash on the block
The past year has seen a slew of new capital into the re/insurance sector, with some markets more popular as a destination for the new money than others. Sarah Goddard spoke to some of the new players.
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More than a new model army
Grahame Millwater explains how brokers can provide more than the `new model' added value to their clients in hard market conditions.
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Adding it up, one year on
Global Reinsurance has revisited the WTC-related losses one year after the market's largest catastrophe to date.
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21st Century Systems and Risks
Global Reinsurance, in association with SAP and Deloitte Consulting, recently hosted a roundtable discussion on systems and risk.
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Tunnel Vision
Road tunnel fires are relatively rare but potentially catastrophic. Bill Welburn and Xavier de Nettancourt describe the safeguards that have been incorporated in the design of a new 2.3km tunnel in the middle of Cairo.
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Selective Thinking
Rigorous and quantitative analysis are essential to improving the quality of the reinsurance purchasing decision, according to Oliver Peterken.
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Market On The Move
A discussion of index-based natural catastrophe protections by Jean-Paul Conoscente, Jean-Yves Nouy, Christophe Gaudron and Emmanuel Dubreuil.
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High Rise Risk
Two major events have caused us to question the risks for major high-rise buildings. Structural engineers John Meyer and Ronald Hamburger explain.
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The Role Of Geoscientists
Meteorologist Mark Bove describes his work and current research on severe thunderstorms.
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Florida market reform
Michael Adams explains the changes in the Florida market for windstorm insurance.
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Making A Difference
Jeffrey Sciaudone discusses the way building codes benefit re/insurers, with an emphasis on conditions in the US.
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Weather Derivatives
The market for weather derivatives has developed into a sizeable sector over the last five years, but the role of re/insurers is still uncertain, says Valerie Denney.
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Corporate Quakes
Dr Paolo Bazzurro describes how catastrophe modelling can be used to quantify the potential impact of earthquakes on corporate facilities.
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Code Crackers
US-style seismic codes are needed in Europe still say Zygmunt Lubkowski and Xiaonian Duan.
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Winds Of Change
Andrew Pincott looks at some of the regulatory complications for English and European insurance companies developing alternative risk transfer products to protect businesses against natural catastrophes.
