All Reinsurance articles – Page 166
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Features
Staying one step ahead
Most kidnap and ransom victims only recognise tell-tale surveillance patterns when it is too late and they have been taken prisoner. But David Venn believes most potential victims could be trained to spot the risks, preventing the crime from the outset.
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CEO Q&A
Alan Griffin – CEO Q&A
An interview with Alan Griffin, chairman and chief executive officer of JLT Re.
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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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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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Industry Matters
Blowing out the candles
As Sarbanes Oxley celebrates its fourth birthday, Craig Scarr looks at the progress of non-US companies so far.
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Cover Story
When the wind blows
If "Katrina" was the word on everybody's lips at last year's Rendez-Vous, this year it is "capacity". With the gap between the hard and soft markets widening, Helen Yates considers what might be on underwriters' minds come this Monte Carlo gathering.
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Investment Analysis
There she blows
The profitability of the reinsurance industry appears inextricably linked to the continuing hurricane season. Lindsey Rogerson investigates.
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Industry Matters
Brave new world
Jeff Mohrenweiser looks at the increasingly sophisticated capital requirement models employed by the reinsurance industry.
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GR Focus
Open for business
The UK's Financial Services Authority is making insurance special purpose vehicles a viable option for the London market. Dr Thomas Huertas explains why.
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SupplementsBuying strategies roundtable - Introduction
In the aftermath of the hyperactive 2005 hurricane season, the value of reinsurance to the cedant has increased immeasurably.
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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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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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Features
Courting capital
Alternative risk transfer solutions are set to break new records in 2006. Cat bonds, sidecars and swaps are all increasingly popular means of tapping the capital flows, explain Jonathan Barnes and Alan Punter.
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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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Industry Matters
Clearly does it
Contract clauses need to be water tight to stand up to possible litigation explains Claire Walter.
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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.
