All Industry Comment articles – Page 4
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Industry Matters
Crystal ball
Steve Breen looks ahead to 2008 and shares his predictions on sidecars, derivatives and subprime.
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Industry Matters
Change in the air
The latest plans to reform the UK’s century-old insurance law must succeed where others have failed, says Kip Berkeley-Herring.
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Sink or swim
Finding reliable flood data remains a major obstacle to modelling, says Dr Justin Butler.
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Industry Matters
The missing link
Securitisation will only become a viable secondary market if data improves, argues Igor Best-Devereux.
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Industry Matters
Keeping Lloyd's attractive
There can be no resting on laurels at Lloyd’s of London, warns Rolf Tolle.
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Industry Matters
All together now
A unified response is the only way to meet the European Commission’s concerns, argues Nathan Willmott.
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Grandfather insurance
Why are marine insurers trying to defy gravity? asks Neil Macnaughtan
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Enabling Reform
The London market needs to respond to global competition pressures quickly, says Graham Wright
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Staffing crisis
Sandy Scott says that knowledge must be attained and then maintained
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Market changing events
Aon Re Global released its expectations for the worldwide reinsurance renewals with effective dates of 1 January 2008 in September.The most significant finding indicated that the size of an industry event or events necessary to change the downward direction of the current reinsurance pricing cycle – $15bn to $25bn – ...
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Industry Matters
Results suggest softening
The dip in reinsurers' premiums in Q2 suggests the softening has begun
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Industry Matters
Securing the future
Life insurance securitisation is set to grow, according to Stephen Hunnisett
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Forecasting the storm
Hurricane activity in 2007 is forecast to be below the norm, says Professor Mark Saunders
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Industry Matters
Flood link to climate change
The WMO and UN's IPCC say extreme weather events will become more frequent
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Industry Matters
After the floods
This year's devastating floods in the UK have highlighted the need for solid business recovery plans, says Robert Hall
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Features
A quiet revolution?
The closure of sidecars is likely to hold back the inevitable softening of reinsurance rates, as witnessed at mid-year, explain Malcolm Payton and Bill Bennett. But where does that leave the reinsurance buyer?
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Features
Predicting the weather
Today’s catastrophe models are more scientifically robust than ever before. Dr Jayanta Guin takes a looks at how our understanding of the forces driving natural catastrophes becomes ever more sophisticated.
