All Global Reinsurance articles in September 2006 – Page 2

  • GR Focus

    A capital idea

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Features

    Courting capital

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Analysis

    Buying spree continues

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Jacqueline McGarry asks whether Australia's largest insurer might be about to go on another acquisition rampage.

  • GR Focus

    Open for business

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK's Financial Services Authority is making insurance special purpose vehicles a viable option for the London market. Dr Thomas Huertas explains why.

  • Industry Matters

    Building bridges

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Alex Letts lists the benefits of peer-to-peer trading for the London market.

  • Industry Matters

    Brave new world

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Jeff Mohrenweiser looks at the increasingly sophisticated capital requirement models employed by the reinsurance industry.

  • Cover Story

    When the wind blows

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Investment Analysis

    There she blows

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The profitability of the reinsurance industry appears inextricably linked to the continuing hurricane season. Lindsey Rogerson investigates.

  • Industry Matters

    Blowing out the candles

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    As Sarbanes Oxley celebrates its fourth birthday, Craig Scarr looks at the progress of non-US companies so far.

  • Features

    Asbestos U-turn

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Features

    Discipline all the way

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • CEO Q&A

    Alan Griffin – CEO Q&A

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    An interview with Alan Griffin, chairman and chief executive officer of JLT Re.

  • Features

    The road ahead

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    James Vickers takes on the difficult challenge of predicting the future for reinsurers around the world.

  • Features

    Staying one step ahead

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    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.