All Special Report articles
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NewsSpecial Report: Road to 1/1
It was straight to business this year as reinsurers, brokers and cedants entered one of the most challenging renewal seasons in years
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SupplementsMultaQa: Market development
MultaQa 2011 opened with an invitation to firms to list their business wishes, but what prospects are there for creating a market in Qatar that can fulfil them?
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SupplementsMultaQa: Global influence
With Japan reeling from natural disasters and political upheaval spreading throughout the Middle East, MultaQa 2011 looked beyond Qatar and the GCC region
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SupplementsMultaQa roundtable: Talking heads
At the annual reinsurance gathering in Qatar, company bosses met for a frank conversation about the industry’s challenges
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SupplementsMultaQa: Motivations to merge
As insurance firms proliferate and regulation picks up pace, discussion at MultaQa 2011 turned to the prospects for mergers and acquisitions in the GCC region
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SupplementsQ&A with Akshay Randeva
The Qatar Financial Centre Authority’s director of strategy outlines the attractions of a hub-in-waiting
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SupplementsCatching the wind
With its square mile of talent and changing attitude to reform, could London – and Lloyd’s in particular – be the main beneficiary of the Solvency II era?
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SupplementsGulf of plenty
Premium growth in the Middle East has continued to climb despite the downturn, with personal lines activity alongside mega-projects in construction, energy and engineering. As the market matures, what opportunities will it bring?
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SupplementsMoving target
The reinsurance domicile debate is raging once again. Uncertainty over US tax rules and Solvency II is causing a ‘Bermuda drift’ to European centres such as Zurich, which has prime conditions for hub status
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FeaturesQ&A with Dom Tobey
PartnerRe’s head of facultative talks about the pressures, trends and evolving priorities of the market
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FeaturesFac to the future
Brokers are credited with bringing facultative reinsurance back from the brink, and technology and improved analysis are powering increased global trading at a more local level. Fac also helps buyers to take a more strategic view of their needs
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FeaturesWhen the going gets soft
The direct and facultative market is getting softer, but demand is up and capacity cutbacks should prevent a freefall. Senior insurance figures say it will take a sizable loss or a series of significant losses to turn the market
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FeaturesRenewable optimism
The energy sector is established fac territory, but broadly soft rates mean canny reinsurers are focusing on offshore and renewable sectors to achieve growth
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SupplementsAsia perils: Aftershock alert
The catalogue of natural catastrophes in 2010, in Asia and elsewhere, seems unlikely to translate into firmer rates at the 1 January reinsurance renewals. But the rise of Asian megacities leaves the region vulnerable
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SupplementsAsia perils: Bespoke modelling
Asia’s use of catastrophe models is increasingly sophisticated, but the industry still has some way to go to make the most of the concept
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SupplementsAsia perils: The next peak
China is vulnerable to every kind of natural disaster, especially in the new boom cities and on the coast. With recent disasters raising the profile of insurance, the rapidly maturing market is set to develop shared strategies
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SupplementsAsia perils: Q&A with David Smith
EQECAT’s senior vice-president discusses risk modelling in a region exposed to every natural catastrophe going
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FeaturesIt all adds up
Once seen as a role for number-crunching geeks, today’s actuaries find themselves at the heart of insurance operations
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FeaturesERM comes of age
Dynamic financial analysis is an essential part of successful ERM frameworks
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FeaturesSplit decisions
Reinsurers’ ability to diversify has grown more sophisticated with the use of capital models. But unforeseen correlations can still occur
