All Industry Comment articles – Page 10
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Features
Filling the reserves
Duncan Briggs and Cheryl Tibbits consider the conservatism in Regulation XXX and the approaches taken to fund the reserve strain
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Features
Hung out to dry
Australia is another jurisdiction joining the US in its efforts to tackle money laundering Dean Carrigan and Penny Holloway discuss its potential impact on insurers.
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GR Focus
One flu over the Cuckoo's Nest
With growing concern over bird flu, Andrew Tunnicliffe considers how alternative risk transfer could provide a solution to this pandemic risk
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Industry Matters
What next for cat bonds?
2005 was a big year for catastrophe bonds but is this set to continue? asks Christopher McGhee.
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Features
Clean up - the act
New regulations to prevent money laundering in the US could indirectly impact reinsurers, warn Melvin Schwechter and Robert Woody
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Industry Matters
A chink in the FAIR act
Without a federal claims fund many companies will continue to opt for bankruptcy as an asbestos liability solution, warn Robin Cantor and Michael Cook.
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GR Focus
The run-off gatekeeper
Is the role of the broker that of doctor or mortician when it comes to the run-off market? ask Stephanie Mocatta and Richard Whatton
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Industry Matters
At a crossroads
To what extent should the US government be involved in insuring catastrophic risks? asks Ernie Csiszar.
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Industry Matters
Flying contradictions
Four years of rate cuts in aviation reinsurance isn't putting off new entrants, says David Whiter.
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GR Focus
The catalyst for growth
What have been the key drivers that have seen the UK life run-off market double in size in only five years? Darryl Ashbourne provides his insight
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Features
Putting capital to the test
While capital adequacy proved fairly robust following another active hurricane season in 2005, greater consistency across capital models is needed, argues Vasilis Katsipis
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Industry Matters
To finality and beyond
The ‘reinsurance to close' market is not being actively serviced, believes Dermot Joyce.
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Features
Balancing risk and reward
Increasingly insurers are employing economic capital as a measure of required capital and setting target rates of return on this capital Yet, a recent study questions whether there is sufficient understanding and buy-in to ensure that such frameworks are effective. Mark Train and Shyam Venkat consider the findings.
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Industry Matters
Middle Eastern appeal
The London market is catering to a growing demand for specialist products in the Middle East, says Alan McGraw.
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Features
Coming of age
Can small to medium-sized players take advantage of the life securitisation market? asks Scott Willkomm
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Features
Which way will it take us?
As the framework for Solvency II progresses, Keith Lyon takes a step back to assess its potential impact
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Industry Matters
The Retro Reaction
There is a new post-Katrina understanding of catastrophe exposure and retro prices are bound to seem severe as a result, explains Andrew Elliott
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Industry Matters
A Work in Progress
Contract certainty is now a visable part of business processes for many London market insurers and reinsurers, says John Hobbs
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Industry Matters
A Lost Opportunity?
The relief at TRIA's extension quickly turned to disappointment that more had not been done, says Laurie Kamaiko
