All Global Reinsurance articles in Roundtable June 2007 - Run-off Revival

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    Participants

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    Rhydian Williams(Chair) Head of Pools, Security & Insolvencies, Resolute Management Services (Equitas)Lee BrandonCEO, PRO Insurance SolutionsPeter HartleySenior Manager, Spectrum Syndicate ManagementPeter HughesDirector, Standard & Poor’sSean McDermottDirector, Quest GroupBeth ReesTechnical Specialist, Run-off Team, Financial Services AuthorityTom RiddellPartner, KPMGMark SimpsonManager, PRO Insurance SolutionsNick StimpsonDivisional Director, Discontinued Operations, CMGLDavid VaughanCEO, TAWAMaik WandresGroup CEO, ...

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    Run-off revival - Introduction

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    Slowly but surely the ingrained prejudices about run-off are changing. This sizable and increasingly profitable business is no longer viewed as a “dead industry” but as a lucrative and innovative sector, which is attracting the keen attention of savvy investors.

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    Roundtable 4

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    Nick Stimpson: The consolidation side of it is an inevitable consequence of a developing and evolving market in a sense. With products being as they are in the market, I think there will be more consolidation over time because I suspect that pressures will be brought to bear on them. ...

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    Roundtable Part 3

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    Tom Riddell:?There are two ways to look at it though. I do not believe schemes are the solution for companies with a really high credit rating and a direct book. I think schemes are fine for reinsurance books, and for companies with a low credit rating. Schemes are something which ...

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    Roundtable Part 2

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    Maik Wandres: I agree. I do not see anything wrong with it. I would almost call it “capital recycling” because that will certainly be an issue and come to people’s attention under Solvency II by 2010. In the UK, the individual capital adequacy standards have had a big impact in ...

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    Roundtable Part 1

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    Rhydian Williams: Good morning and welcome to the Global Reinsurance London Market Run-off Roundtable. Certainly, run-off’s profile today is bigger than ten years ago. It is clearly in the market and growing. Is it expanding, or is it simply that the boundaries are being redefined? If it is booming, who ...