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Coming of age

By Ronald Gift Mullins, an insurance journalist based in New York City 2006-10-01T00:00:00

Global reinsurers suffered their greatest ever loss from catastrophes in 2005, yet the industry in the US realised almost $1.9bn in net income and increased policyholders' surplus by $5.8bn over 2004.

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