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Life securitisation
Alex Cowley details the first securitisation success in the life insurance market and explains why securitisation is poised to gain widespread use in the future.
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Lust for life
While M&A activity in the non-life insurance sector has shrivelled away to almost nothing in recent months, companies looking to expand in the life market are scouting around for opportunities across the globe.
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Inside track
Only reinsurers with local knowledge and those willing to focus on Latin America as a promising environment, in spite of the recent unrest in a few countries, will be able to successfully implement a policy of cooperation and growth, says Marcello Nusiner.
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To be or not to be (guaranteed)?
Guaranteed death and living benefits combined with equity-linked products provide good protection to consumers in the event of poor market performance, but they represent a risk to the industry that must be adequately priced and prudently reserved. By Michael W Pado.
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A Glance At The Future
The emotional debate that surrounds genetic tests, which reveal predisposition to disease, is masking the numerous opportunities that the genetic revolution can unearth for patients and insurers, says Dr Achim Regenauer
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Follow the leader
Life reinsurance opportunities in Europe may be generated as a result of the move to start cost shifting from the public to private sectors, says Joseph F Kolodney.
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Challenges of life retrocession
The life retrocession industry is in a state of flux and as business volumes decline retrocessionaires are placing more emphasis on other product offerings in a bid to fuel future growth. By Michael Dekoning.
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Breathing New Life
A new breed of life reinsurer has evolved in recent years, mostly domiciling in offshore jurisdictions. By Roger Crombie.
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Creating Competitive Advantage
Siu Yin Liu and Dr Winfried Heinen explain the findings of GeneralCologne Re's dread disease survey, and explain how product management and experience surveying help manage possible adverse developments.
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Taxing issues
A growing number of US corporations are switching their parent company domicile to Bermuda, but US politicians are proposing legislation to stem the flow.
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Health Risk
A recent market analysis has shown that medmal insurers are in a state of crisis, says Robert T Allen.
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Change triggers opportunity
A strong marketing strategy can help businesses, both new and established, to differentiate themselves from the competition.
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Regulating the better mousetrap
Global Reinsurance correspondent Roger Crombie welcomed representatives of the Bermuda Government, existing Bermuda companies and start-ups activated in the wake of September 11, and the island's law firms to a discussion of regulation and broader issues affecting Bermuda and the world insurance markets, at the Waterloo House Hotel in Hamilton, ...
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Virtual value?
The re/insurance industry, unique in not having simplified standards for describing risks and transactions, is gradually catching up with its financial services contemporaries in its take-up of technology. As it limbers up, ready to address the matter head on, Global Reinsurance asks industry experts why the industry has taken so ...
