All Analysis articles – Page 44

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GMR: Middle East – Flaws hold market back

2012-09-01T09:54:00Z

Since Saudi Arabia started to regulate its insurance market a decade ago, business has boomed. But there are doubts over how many firms are making money
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GMR: Middle East – Sector struggles with market penetration

2012-09-01T09:03:00Z

Tough regulation and regional harmonisation are vital if the insurance sector is to fulfil its potential in the Middle East
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GMR: Middle East – Living with the risks

2012-09-01T09:00:00Z

The Middle East region paradoxically provides diversity in business and inherent, unavoidable risks
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GMR: Middle East – Emerging or frontier?

2012-09-01T09:00:00Z

Petrodollars mean market can afford to innovate
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Talking heads: Carsten Scheffel, Allianz Global Corporate Specialty

2012-07-31T17:23:00Z

Allianz’s global London division boss on the market, Eurozone crisis and Solvency II
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Joining forces: AIR and RMS collaborate

2012-04-13T17:18:00Z

Reinsurers are used to blending different cat model output but a data-sharing agreement between AIR and RMS could make life a lot easier
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Thai floods leave their mark on 1 April renewals

2012-04-05T15:30:00Z

Reinsurers tightened capacity for unmodelled perils at key renewal date
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April renewals: tough times ahead

2012-03-23T16:21:00Z

Major catastrophes in Asia Pacific in 2011 are setting the tone for 1 April
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Political wrangling over Solvency II continues

2012-03-16T17:24:00Z

Crucial Omnibus II vote is delayed again and the UK PM goes on the attack
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Ariel – end of an era

2012-03-07T12:32:00Z

Ariel Re is one of the last post-Katrina start-ups to be snapped up
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Pearls from the Sage: Buffett’s annual letter

2012-03-02T09:48:00Z

Billionaire investor’s letter to shareholders is no ordinary filing
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Rates: could things be looking up?

2012-02-24T15:32:00Z

Many reinsurers hit by 2011’s huge catastrophe losses are heartened by the increase in rates they have achieved this year. And the hardening looks set to continue
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Lloyd’s wants foot in India’s door

2012-02-22T14:56:00Z

India is the final frontier for international (re)insurers and pressure for relaxed foreign investment laws is the first step
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Counting the cost of Concordia

2012-02-10T11:29:00Z

Losses from the sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship could go as high as $1bn, with reinsurers taking the biggest hit
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Brighter skies

2012-01-20T15:34:00Z

Last year was the safest ever for the aviation industry, with no major fatal crashes and hull and liability losses halved, reports Lauren Gow. While better security helped, so too did luck
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Liability: Picking up the tab

2011-11-28T14:33:00Z

Accidents like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have woken underwriters up to the fact that offshore energy operations require much more complex cover
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Neal Bill: Closing the loophole

2011-11-28T14:22:00Z

A change to US legislation aims to end an unintended tax subsidy for foreign-owned insurers, and stem the flow of capital out of the country. But with the likelihood that rates will rise and capacity will fall as a result, insurance buyers are not happy
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Bermuda: Out of the shadows

2011-11-28T14:05:34.917Z

Long esteemed for its speedy approval of new companies and low taxes, Bermuda has lately lost some of its gloss. Lauren Gow examines the impact of market instability and asks if it can once again be a (re)insurance shining light
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Latin America: Touching ground

2011-11-28T14:03:35.790Z

Signs that reinsurance rates are flattening in Latin America are welcomed by those who have seen the market get softer and softer. But are this year’s low interest rates enough to offset the market’s excess?
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Baden-Baden: Finding a balance

2011-11-28T11:40:00Z

Against the odds, some reinsurers are set to make a profit in this, their worst ever year, and yet the market remains balanced on a knife edge