All Reinsurance articles – Page 14
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Armour Re buys PMA run-off operations
Bermuda-based reinsurer also appoints former PRO executive
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AnalysisWasa v Lexington: was the tail wagging the dog?
Aidan Christie QC writes about a legal judgment of great significance to the reinsurance industry
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FeaturesHope on the horizon
Swiss Re’s chief economist, Thomas Hess, has great faith in the insurance sector’s survival instincts. As he tells Ellen Bennett, there is reason for cautious optimism among the gloom
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FeaturesFuture gazing
Downward pressure on pricing and the threat of regulation will make life difficult for the reinsurance industry in 2010. We talk to the market and ask what lies ahead
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Small beginnings
Recent natural disasters have highlighted one of the biggest challenges for the insurance world – the lack of policies in poorer regions. Helen Yates uncovers how microinsurance and public-private initiatives are slowly making changes.
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Quake with uncertainty
New quake models could lead to downward pressure on rates. But how shaky is the science on which the new models are based, asks Tim Evershed.
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Held to ransom
As Somali pirates continue to rampage through the Gulf of Aden, seizing ships and threatening lives, Liz Booth speaks to a chief executive caught up in the nightmare of one particular hijack.
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Industry Matters
Consolidation not recapitalisation
Stephen Ross warns that M&A, not recapitalisation, can be expected
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Industry Matters
Capital drought hits run-off
Nick Eddery-Joel says the capital drought has had an impact on the run-off sector
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GR Focus
The next 90 days
Lloyd’s chief executive Richard Ward talks to David Banks about the key challenges he faces as he prepares for a three-month spell that will define his leadership.
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Online onlyGlobal cat losses reach $52bn in 2009
$24bn insured loss is less than half 2008 figure says Swiss Re Sigma study
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Al Fajer Retakaful sees its ratings improve
AM Best says Kuwait-based reinsurer is no longer 'under review'
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Online onlyQueen Elizabeth visits Bermuda
Three-day tour by UK head of state celebrates island's 400th anniversary; Bermuda Premier and business community meet UK foreign secretary.
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Online onlyMunich Re announces squeeze-out at ERGO
Von Bomhard says acquisition of new shares in the German insurer will lead to greater efficiency and cooperation
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New (re)insurance chief at Qatar Financial Centre
Sami Sharif was previously CEO of ACE Life Middle East and Africa
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Online onlyBaden-Baden: Tokio Millennium Re expands business lines
Bermuda-based subsidiary will provide proportional and per risk property coverage
