All Reinsurance articles – Page 152
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Features
Times they are a-changing
There was a time when facultative reinsurance was little more than an afterthought in a group's overall buying strategy. Not anymore, explains Marcus Hopkins.
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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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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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SupplementsEuropean Run-off Roundtable - Introduction
As the run-off industry in Continental Europe grows, what challenges lie ahead and is the market prepared?
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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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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
Unsung heroes
There are some extraordinary individuals in our business - people who devote their spare time to giving something back to society. Ronald Gift Mullins investigates children's cancer charity St Baldrick's, the pride of the reinsurance industry.
