All Industry Comment articles
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People & OpinionLeader: The trouble with innovation
Do cedants really need the reinsurance equivalent of Thomas Edison assuming their risk?
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People & OpinionMonty: A taste of the good times
From a shiny iPad 2 to a rump steak cooked medium rare, our man seeks the finer things in life
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People & OpinionIn my view: Sharing the burden of disaster
When natural disaster strikes, it can be an arduous process to rebuild the affected region, and the financial impact can be immense. Policymakers need to assess the role that (re)insurers can play to ensure a sensible balance between public and private liability
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CedantsCedant Q&A: Michael Barber
Twenty-five years with Aviva have taken Michael Barber from underwriting novice to reinsurance guru. A dedicated Manchester City follower, he tells us what lies behind his own game plan
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People & OpinionLeader: With great loss, comes great responsibility
Amid all the Japan loss estimates, one shouldn’t forget the realities on the ground
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People & OpinionIn my view: Keep your eye on the ball
As European players face a punishing schedule of rule changes, the trick will be for regulators to keep reinsurers focused on the main plan – protecting clients
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People & OpinionIn my view: That’s so 1850s…
The reinsurance industry’s needs have changed since the 19th century, as has the technology available to it. So why are we still so technophobic?
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People & OpinionIn with the old
APH liabilities have lain dormant on balance sheets since the 1980s, but Solvency II should prompt companies to look at them anew as a potential source of profit
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People & OpinionRegaining momentum
Bermuda is at the forefront of a resurgence of interest in insurance-linked securities. So what are the growing attractions of this risk diversification method?
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News
View from the market: GCC
With historically low insurance penetration coupled with new Shari'ah-compliant products and major investment, the potential for growth in insurance across the Gulf is massive
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People & OpinionRatings: your flexible friends
Rating agencies have been battered by the media, but this is because people don’t understand how they work. Instead, they need to look more closely at the agencies’ rating methodology and why they are trusted by banks, brokers and investment houses
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AnalysisWhat cedants want
Trust, flexibility, security of capital and acute awareness that begins at the underwriting stage are all key to confidence in the relationship between cedants and reinsurers. Global Reinsurance joined players from both perspectives to share insights at a roundtable discussion
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People & OpinionIn my view: You can’t be too careful
With a soft market seeming inevitable, businesses will have to rely for survival on good practice built since the chaos of the late 1990s. But both brokers and underwriters will also need to adopt unprecedented levels of care and caution
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People & OpinionA tower of strength for poorer nations
When volcanic ash halted air traffic, Seymour Matthews saw first-hand the devastation to Kenya’s export industry. Poorer countries need third-party contingency cover for such disasters, and reinsurers can and must work with governments to provide it
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AnalysisFuture bright for insurance – MAPFRE’s Martínez
Chairman praises industry’s performance during crisis
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AnalysisWe are all crash dummies
The current financial crisis tells us that risk management is vital for every bank and insurance company. Stress testing and scenario analysis will play a big part
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FeaturesSmoke signals
The world’s leaders were in Copenhagen to discuss climate change and, potentially, set new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We asked four leading firms for their hopes for the UN summit, and to spell out how they can contribute to the battle against carbon
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Industry Matters
Diversification: why spreading risk is good
Hugo Crawley welcomes the gradual return to a multi-carrier approach to risk
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Industry Matters
The revolution has already begun
There’s no time to waste – reinsurers must stay ahead of their clients as the market gets to grips with handling risk under the new regime
