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Climate change litigation: the forecast remains unclear
Conflicting judgments in the US mean that no clear decision has been reached there to determine if companies are facing a barrage of litigation for polluting the environment, writes Fredric Bellamy...
Reinsurance | 23 Jul 2010
Run-off: Putting the pieces in place
Having an in-depth plan to implement a solvent scheme is just one part of a complex process that also includes convincing the stakeholders and the courts that to do so is a good idea, writes Daniel Schwarzmann
Regulation | 23 Jul 2010
A ready beacon
There was a flurry of catastrophe bond issuance before the Atlantic storm season kicked off. Greg Wojciechowski explains why conditions in 2010 could be the perfect storm for growth in the cat bond market
Reinsurance | 23 Jul 2010
Inside View: On the brink of change
Despite BP's self-insured status, oil and energy (re)insurance could be about to undergo radical change in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, writes Alistair Lockhart-Smith
Reinsurance | 23 Jul 2010
Editors comment: Jetskis and power lists
As you may have noticed, we at Reinsurance have been keeping ourselves busy in what we call the quiet season, that point in the year when you all go to the beach and stop creating news.
Reinsurance | 23 Jul 2010
30th September 2010, Marriott Grosvenor Square, London
Fraud 2010
Undetected fraud costs the insurance industry nearly £2bn a year. This event offers a range of insights into fraud trends, and a forum in which to discuss solutions.
View from the top: The approved model
The Australian capital requirements and the Dutch pension funds experience show that few insurance companies have achieved the Holy Grail of an approved internal model. However, as Solvency II approaches, insurers are looking beyond the standard formula...
Insurer |
07 Jul 2010 
Comment: Everything to play for
Solvency II has created a cloud of uncertainty over captive insurance companies. Alan Fleming explains.
Regulation |
12 May 2010
Inside View: Worth the risk
Romania and Ukraine offer hidden opportunities for underwriting risk, say Joanna Gorska, Carlo Gallo and Sorana Parvulescu of Control Risks.
Reinsurance | 31 Mar 2010
Rethink: Disaster proof
Our roundup of readers' opinions reveals that despite heavy natural catastrophe losses reinsurance rates are falling
Reinsurance | 31 Mar 2010
5 years ago: Tories to rein in FSA if they win election
The Financial Services Authority will be given only six months to bring about a "lighter touch" to regulation if the Conservatives win the next General Election.
Reinsurance |
30 Mar 2010
22nd & 23rd September 2010, Grange City Hotel, London
The British Insurance Summit 2010
Bringing together insurers, brokers and service providers to discuss and debate issue affecting the industry. Find out more from group editor-in-chief Anthony Gould.
20 years ago: Crisis as Wallbrook is suspended
The London insurance market is facing a new crisis following the secretary of state for trade and industry Nicholas Ridley's decision to bar Wallbrook Insurance from underwriting new business, notably US excess liability risks, due to insufficient...
Reinsurance |
30 Mar 2010
Legal: Climate change, nanotechnology and cyber-risk liabilities
Our climate is changing rapidly while technology that used to be the preserve of fanciful fiction is growing prevalent, writes Nilam Sharma, Michelle Jones and Benjamin Folkinshteyn
Reinsurance | 08 Mar 2010
Postscript - 30 years ago: Highest fire figures are disclosed
The highest total ever recorded in one month for the estimated cost of fire damage in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) was disclosed in the British Insurance Association's recent figures as the total reached £58.5m.
Reinsurance |
03 Mar 2010
Looking Back - UN to play key role in development
The United Nations has a key role to play in the development of insurance in developing countries.
Insurer |
23 Feb 2010
Comment
Interview
Interview - Ken MacDonald: Keeping it simple
As former chief exec of Aon Global UK, Ken MacDonald has been refreshed by a return to a private company. Lynn Rouse talks...
View from the top
View from the top: Time to share fraud data
Industry fraud statistics are normally presented as a good news story. Last year, insurers stopped 122 000 frauds, preventing...
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