All Global Reinsurance articles in September 2008
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Online onlySwiss Re in weather derivatives move
Swiss Re teams with CelsiusPro to offer weather derivative contracts to small and medium-sized companies.
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Industry Matters
A return to the three ‘R’s
While some companies “limbo dance” their way to lower rates, others are increasingly concerned with a traditional sense of discipline, as Gavin Coull explains.
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Industry Matters
The ‘Silicon Valley’ of reinsurance
Bermuda is sparing no effort in its race for “regulatory equivalence”, as Brad Kading explains.
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Features
Is the price right?
Faced with rate reductions across most classes of reinsurance, companies are addressing the problem of how to manage the softening insurance cycle. Stewart Mitchell takes the temperature of the market.
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Features
Gambling with reserves
Reserve releases are keeping many insurers and reinsurers profitable, but have they gone too far and will the practice come back to haunt them? Some companies will soon have to make difficult decisions, says Steve Mathews of EMB.
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Country Analysis
Russia: Showing no fear
Russians often give a wry smile when they read advertising hoardings carrying the name of prominent (re)insurer Ingosstrakh. The brand name translates literally as ‘international fear’, an abbreviation of the Russian words for international and insurance (strakhsbor – ‘fear collection’).However, despite its Soviet-era origins and scary name, the giant company ...
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Industry Matters
Timing is everything
Now is the time for a New York Insurance Exchange, writes Eric Dinallo
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Industry Matters
One policy, multiple coverages
The trend in the US has been to separate cover for specific perils. Kevin McCarty argues that multi-peril insurance would be so much better.
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Features
Surviving Monte Carlo
Love it or loathe it, the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous is once again upon us. Helen Yates takes a look at the biggest conference in the reinsurance world and dusts off her crystal ball.
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Features
Enjoying Monte Carlo
Life, even at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, is not all business. Vitali Vitaliev takes in the sights and sounds of Monaco, stops by at the Casino, and luxuriates at the Hotel de Paris.
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Analysis
Validus Re: From Bermuda to Lloyd’s
Bermudan reinsurer Validus had to fight hard to acquire Talbot, but in winning the Lloyd’s managing agent, for a reported $400m, it increased financial security through diversification, as well as its global distribution. Mairi Mallon looked into the background to the deal.
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CEO Q&A
CEO Q&A Anthony Taylor
An interview with Anthony Taylor, the former chief executive officer and current executive chairman of Montpelier Re.
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Investment Analysis
$5bn new cat bonds for 2008?
The cat bond market had a record year in 2007. What are prospects for the current year? David Sandham spoke to some of the leading players.
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Features
Renewals Review 2008
We review 11 classes of reinsurance business and gather the thoughts of some of the leading underwriters brokers and observers to gain an insight into the impending renewals season.
