All Regions LIVE articles – Page 102
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Global Matters
Cyber security
Cyber insurance will take off in Australia in the next three to five years, says Antoinette Amputch.
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GR Focus
Collateralisation collision
The 100% collateral rule for foreign reinsurers doing business in the US has long been accused of unfairness. But a more level playing field could be just around the corner, explains Ronald Gift Mullins.
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Global Matters
Insurer wins flood case
A judge's verdict in Mississippi could relieve reinsurers of billions.
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GR Focus
A capital idea
Patrick Devine looks at how the impending EU Reinsurance Directive will pave the way for insurance special purpose vehicles, or sidecars, to take-off in Europe.
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Analysis
Buying spree continues
Jacqueline McGarry asks whether Australia's largest insurer might be about to go on another acquisition rampage.
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Industry Matters
Building bridges
Alex Letts lists the benefits of peer-to-peer trading for the London market.
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Features
Asbestos U-turn
Last month the UK government overruled the House of Lords by rewriting the law on asbestos payouts. Mairi Mallon reports on this unusual behaviour and its implications for insurers.
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Features
Discipline all the way
Property insurance may be softening in those regions outside of the US and Caribbean, but this is no reason for reinsurers to follow suit. Maintaining discipline is key in this environment, explains Heike Trilovszky.
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Industry Matters
Flooding the market
Josette Nouguier and Jean-Louis Marsaud examine the EC proposal for a directive on floods.
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Global Matters
Eastern promise
Foreign brokers and reinsurers turn their attention to the burgeoning Indian insurance market.
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Features
Swiss earthquake risk
Despite the low probability of large earthquakes occurring in Switzerland, the risk is important to model due to its potential catastrophic impact on the region, explain Julian Alovisi and Dr Jayanta Guin.
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Features
Don't ignore the small print
The refusal to approve the HIH scheme in its current form is a reminder that schemes of arrangement cannot simply be pushed through the courts, explains Peter Clarke.
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Global Matters
Capital markets solution
The Financial Services Authority is developing rules to ease the regulation of special purpose vehicles in the UK.
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Global Matters
Compact begins operation
The NAIC streamlines regulatory oversight in an effort to derail national insurance regulation.
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Analysis
Keeping its eye on the ball
After being hit with hurricane losses of $600m in 2005, Endurance was quick off the mark to make some necessary changes to its risk profile, discovers Lilla Zuill.
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Investment Analysis
Euro Alone now
Europe is still seen as a somewhat difficult market, and analysts are concerned this might be having a detrimental effect on European reinsurers, says Lindsey Rogerson.
