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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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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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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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Global Matters
Capital markets solution
The Financial Services Authority is developing rules to ease the regulation of special purpose vehicles in the UK.
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Industry Matters
Rapid-response reinsurance
The reinsurance side-car market is becoming an increasingly desirable way to spread risk, explains Alan Murray.
