All Features articles – Page 24
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Investment Analysis
The signs are looking good
Despite myriad problems facing the reinsurance sector, investors remain upbeat, explains Lindsey Rogerson
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Editor's Note
Editor's Note - The great and the good
September arrives and once again the great and the good of the reinsurance industry descend upon Monte Carlo for the Rendez-Vous de Septembre
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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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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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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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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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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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Cover Story
Dividing responsibilities
Can actuaries be expected to fully meet the requirements placed on them by both management and regulators? asks Nigel Allen
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Analysis
Achieving an "A" Grade
In 2004, SCOR reported a return to profitability, but how long before the French reinsurer returns to the ranks of the "A" rated? asks Nigel Allen
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Analysis
Star moves
Nigel Allen takes a closer look at the stellar performers and the falling stars in the Hannover Re portfolio
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Features
Investing in risk
In the current regulatory and investigatory climate the importance of implementing and maintaining an effective enterprise risk management strategy is paramount, as Kaveri Niththyananthan discovers
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GR Focus
The investigators are in town
With the arrival of the regulators in Hamilton, Mairi Mallon considers the potential fallout from the finite investigation for Bermuda
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Editor's Note
Editor's Note - Out of disharmony
The proposed EU Constitution lies in tatters following the "no" votes from France and the Netherlands, with few believing that in its current format the constitution treaty can be revived
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GR Focus
Pull in by the current
Bermuda has long proved a magnet for US ceded reinsurance, and according to Ronald Gift Mullins, the island's pull is growing stronger
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Cover Story
Passport control
While Europe reeled from 'non' and 'nee', in some quarters of the European Parliament it was a case of getting on with the business of the day Thus a Reinsurance Directive was born.
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Country Analysis
A plan of action
The French reinsurance market has experienced difficult times in recent years, but the tough choices made by some of the region's key players sees the market's strength returning, says Kaveri Niththyananthan
