Analysis
Rehabilitation - Sugaring the pill
Strategic Focus
Mis-selling claim hit by aggregation failure
Lloyds TSB General Insurance Holdings v Lloyds Bank Group Insurance Company (House of Lords - 31 July 2003)
Captives - Navigating the hard market
Strategic Focus
Salvage - SalvageSale set to announce claims alliance
US online salvage marketplace SalvageSale has revealed that it will announce a new strategic global ...
D&O - Remedies for a hard market
The explosion of securities litigation, combined with the weak economy, has complicated the market for directors' and officers' insurance
LMP Reforms - LMP looks at speeding up claims processes
The London (re)insurance market could save up to £50m ($81m) a year in costs by using a new streamli...
CEA adds to IAS criticism
The Comite Europeen des Assurances (CEA), Europe's federation of the (re)insurance industry, has wel...
Bermuda - Flying the flag
Business
Elements of conspiracy
Many underwriters have been gripped by a recent case concerning those involved in the reinsurance of US workers' compensation cover
Claims - Rising to the challenge
In the current climate of mixed fortunes for reinsurers, changes in claims management are imminent and essential
AIG announces eReinsure link-up
American International Group (AIG) has announced that it is implementing electronic trading platform...
London Market - Claims key to London's status
London's position as the leading world reinsurance hub is under threat from Bermuda and New York, ac...
US regulators hit out against asbestos litigation
US regulators have appealed to the US Congress to make any future asbestos legislation fair to insur...
Meeting of minds at Rendez-Vous
Monte Carlo Preview
Claims - Points of concern
As asbestos and other toxic torts prove increasingly problematic for reinsurers, the industry needs to be suitably armed with adequate claims management procedures
RMS models Israeli earthquake risk
An Israeli earthquake model has been developed to analyse the catastrophe risk within the area. Acc...
P&C Losses - Severe storms edge US property & casualty figures towards decade high
US property and catastrophe losses for the second quarter of 2003 could hit an estimated $4.9bn, the...
Cutting through the contract
A recent US court ruling has created a stir in the insurance world by disregarding an underlying principle of reinsurance contracts
France - The tides of change
The combined effect of the losses suffered by the French insurance market since September 2001 is a stark reminder that a return to disciplined underwriting is the only way for (re)insurers to sustain long-term profitability
Parliamentary task force calls for less litigation and increased efficiency
Worries about whether the UK is becoming too obsessed with compensation have increased to the point ...
Investment - Once bitten, twice shy?
(Re)insurers are adjusting their investment methods and adopting core-satellite strategies. Could this offer an answer to a volatile bear market?
Weather models - A brighter forecast
From transitioning storms to the sting-jet, meteorological research is being incorporated in catastrophe modelling
Claims - The need for speed
Reinsurers are having to prove they have claims management systems in place
Poland - Getting the green light
As Poland's entry into the EU draws nearer, what does the (re)insurance market there has to offer?