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Run-off decision hits Quanta Q3 results
The company had a negative $6.7m in gross premiums
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Analysis
Arabian Nights
A quarter of a century has been kind to Middle Eastern insurer Arig. Nick Thorpe looks at its recent foray into the takaful reinsurance market.
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Industry Matters
Can the empire strike back?
Is there a clear reason why offshore reinsurance centres are becoming so attractive? asks Kenneth McKenzie.
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Industry Matters
The next big thing
A bold move by Lloyd's of London has prompted the spotlight to fall on the Cayman Islands. Warren Cabral finds out why.
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Global Matters
Landmark ruling on World Trade Center
Federal ruling signals the end of a long and bitter legal protest.
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GR Focus
A certain future?
The London market's bid to achieve contract certainty will only be a success if insurers, brokers and clients can work together. Richard Clifford highlights the current focus areas.
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Industry Matters
Fragile China
The world's most populous nation is also one of the world's most deadly, says Dr Paul Burton.
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Features
Drilling down
It may have been a quiet hurricane season, but as Keith Leung discovers, there are still plenty of challenges facing offshore energy in the Gulf of Mexico.
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GR Focus
Final Hurdle
Has real progress been made with contract certainty or is it just "low hanging fruit"? David Hall explains how tripartite relationships are the key to reaching the higher branches.
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Global Matters
Flooding the market
A new report confirms that Europe is as vulnerable to a major insured loss as areas such as the Gulf of Mexico.
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Features
The future is nigh
The London market seems to be blighted by past attempts to introduce technology to the industry. But as Nick Thorpe discovers from some of the market's leading technology providers, it's anything but doom and gloom.
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Cover Story
The importance of going public
A month ago it might have seemed ludicrous to speculate about when the Class of 2005 would go public. But with Flagstone's IPO bid and others rumoured to be seeding the pipeline, this group of start-ups is bucking the trend, discovers Helen Yates.
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Industry Matters
Guaranteed success
Takaful insurance looks set to be the fastest growing sector in coming years, predict Phillip Thorpe and Fetooh Al Zayani.
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Global Matters
An unlikely hero
Equitas' $7bn reinsurance deal with Berkshire Hathaway has been hailed as a “win-win” deal.
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Features
Tightening the noose
The future of risk retention groups lies firmly in the hands of state and federal legislators, explains Stacy Shapiro.
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Country Analysis
Rite of PASSAGE
Since joining the European Union in 2004 proactive regulators have worked around the clock to make a success of Malta's evolution from offshore tax haven into onshore financial centre. Helen Yates takes a virtual tour.
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Global Matters
Time for reform
The reinsurance industry faces change under a proposed overhaul of contract law.
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Investment Analysis
Rescue remedy?
The last month has seen so much going on in and around Lloyd's that it will take some time for the full ramifications to sink in for investors. But initial soundings, specifically with regard to Warren Buffett's intervention, are positive, reports Lindsey Rogerson.
