All Editorial articles – Page 206
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Industry Matters
What risk charity?
Insurers and charities need to work together to ensure a full understanding of the unique risks faced, urges Maria Thorpe.
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CEO Q&A
Grahame Millwater, CEO - Q&A
An interview with Grahame Millwater, chairman and chief executive of Willis Re
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Industry Matters
Catastrophe softening
Despite softening in the reinsurance catastrophe market discipline is still being maintained, according to Sean Mooney.
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Features
Some casualties expected
The renewal season is likely to be erratic for those in the casualty arena, says Peter Middleton
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Features
Still captivated?
Contrary to popular wisdom which suggests that the importance of the captive declines in a softening market, David Stafford believes that they can still thrive
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Features
The capacity crunch is over
After three buoyant years in the underwriting cycle a re-balancing process is underway for global property business says Jon Foley
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Country Analysis
Lifting the barriers
How international is China's reinsurance market becoming? ask Andreas Lauffs, Kit Kwok and Davina Ho
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Features
Life securitisation awakens
Will Regulation XXX see life reinsurers focus more on the capital markets? asks Ronald Gift Mullins
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GR Focus
Assessing the impact of Basel II
The new banking capital adequacy accord has brought new uncertainties for political risk and credit insurers, says Maria Kielmas
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Cover Story
The road ahead
Bid-rigging, terrorism, hurricanes and increasing regulation, coupled with an ever softening market, spell uncertainty for the renewal season, says Jane Murphy
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Global Matters
Aon addresses terrorism
Does Aon's new venture signal innovations in terrorism cover?
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GR Focus
From Fairchild to FAIR Act
What can we learn from the disparities between US and UK asbestos claims? asks Dan Sykes
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Features
Reassessing standards
For some 60 years, the liquefied natural gas industry has been relatively catastrophe free, but how long can this "luck" be expected to last? asks Maria Kielmas
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Industry Matters
Small sizes that matter
Nanotechnologies need risk management, says Dr Christoph Lauterwasser
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GR Focus
Learning the lessons
Despite nature's best efforts, the widespread use of catastrophe models meant reinsurers' balance sheets escaped any major storm damage in 2004, says Hemant Shah
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Investment Analysis
Slipping off the investors' radars
Can the broker market recover from the last twelve months in the eyes of the investors? asks Lindsey Rogerson
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GR Focus
In the right hands
Jeffrey Radke believes fluctuations in predicted losses reflect differences in how catastrophe models are used
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Country Analysis
India: Heartening growth
Since the Indian insurance market threw open its doors to the private sector in 2001, the industry has flourished, says Shirish Nadkarni
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GR Focus
Past, present and future
Dr Steve Smith explores the climatic factors affecting hurricane activity and landfalls