All Australasia articles – Page 2
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News
Rising sea levels the greatest climate threat: Guy Carpenter
Increased flood and storm events expected
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Analysis
Mike Wilkins, IAG
IAG’s Mike Wilkins pulls no punches when talking about his company’s unstable past, which just makes him more resolute about the future, finds Lauren Gow
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Analysis
Solvency II: Test of time
As the timetable for Solvency II is stretched yet again – this time to 2014 – David Blackman looks at the hurdles encountered so far and the many still to be faced
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US Re enters Chinese partnership
US-based reinsurer US Re has formed a strategic alliance with a Chinese insurance broking firm. US Re has joined Shanghi Transceed Insurance to provide brokerage and consulting services to the (re)insurance sector. In a joint statement, US Re CEO Tal Piccione and Tranceed president Chen Hui Zen said: "We are ...
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The market has changed, says Hiscox
Recent natural catastrophes have changed the reinsurance market, according to Hiscox.In its interim management statement, the (re)insurer said the first quarter began with rate reductions in reinsurance lines. But following catastrophe losses, reinsurance rates have returned to 2010 levels with increases in some areas, especially in the Asia Pacific. ...