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Reinsurance Reader Awards 2009
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Law and life in Lloyd's
Kent Chaplin, head of claims at Lloyd's, tells Reinsurance about making a conscious decision to join the industry.
Interview - Alan Fleming: Risky business
Katherine Blackler speaks to risk and insurance consultant and former Airmic chief executive Alan Fleming about his experience of the reinsurance industry and the growing importance of reinsurance in the minds of risk managers.
Hannover Re to expand trade-credit and surety unit
Hannover Re is forecasting higher premiums and profit at its trade-credit and surety unit next year as the market rebounds from claims related to the global economic slump.
Perils launches Industry Loss Index Service for European windstorm events
The new service provides index values which can be used in industry-loss-based Insurance Linked Securities and Industry Loss Warranty transactions.
Lloyd's and Heath Lambert join Airmic
Airmic counts 16 insurance partners with new arrivals
Capita sells £13.5m fraud business back to founder
Deal includes insurance rights to Digilog.
Faking it
Insurance fraud is nothing new, but success combating it elsewhere means fraudsters are looking to industrial disease, where testing is often subjective, making claims ripe for fabrication, write Gary Fitzpatrick and Simon Staples.
Blowing the whistle
Staff members can form a frontline defence against fraud committed by their colleagues — but only if they feel safe to come forward. Mark Jones explains why employers should consider a whistleblowers' charter to encourage them to do so.
So nice in niche
MYI CEO Vern Chalfant claims to be more energised about business now than at any point in his career. He tells Jonathan Swift about the global opportunities that are keeping him ticking.
Solicitors launch personal injury iPhone application
Tool to provide instant access to PI solicitors
Chartis reserve warning on eve of rebrand
Analyst raises concerns over loss reserves
Government again ducks question on EL bureau timescale
Lord McKenzie, however, said it wished to explore this option "in weeks", "not months".
Total catastrophe losses fall in 2009
The total cost of natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2009 fell to $52bn from $267bn in the 2008, a survey from Swiss Re has shown.