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About the size of it.
In the last of our Y2K series, Rosalind Jones, Timothy Goodger and Tony Levitt consider how to quantify the amount of damage caused by a year 2000 problem.
A captivating island.
As the oldest captive domicile, Bermuda is well positioned to benefit from new forms of captives and new growth in the traditional market, argues Tony Dowding.
Thinking outside the triangle.
Adrian Leonard discovers how Bermuda's leading (re)insurers are managing to grow despite the confines of such a tiny island.
Scandinavian switch.
Bermudian finite reinsurer Scandinavian Re's executive vice-president and founding partner, Dave Bri...
A silver lining.
Few would have predicted that the 'millennium bug' could be good news for the reinsurance industry a...
Avoiding avoidance.
Discipline and long-term relationships are the keys to successful treaties, argues Terry O'Neill.
Exploiting the local advantage.
Janina Clark heard handy hints for Asian (re)insurers at the Singapore International Reinsurance Conference.
To new heights.
Heavy investment is needed to upgrade Argentinian aviation but opportunities for growth abound there and in the rest of Latin America, says Mauricio Kitaigorodzki.
Shaken but still strong.
Taiwan may have been struck by a devastating earthquake, but its economy remains strong, says Jeremy Golden.
Munich Re sees less capacity, harder rates.
The Munich Re group has predicted a fall in global reinsurance capacity in 2000, partly in response ...
100% EW Blanch.
EW Blanch has bought the remaining 30% of Hong Kong-based Swire Blanch that it did not already own. ...
LaSalle keeps cash for renewals.
Bermudian catastrophe reinsurer LaSalle Re is banking on better prospects by not paying a final 1999...
Island fails to make right connections.
With just a little effort Bermuda could have an electronic commerce sector to rival its financial services and tourism sectors, says Roger Crombie.
Brit buys insurance.
As part of its transition from an investment trust to a holding company, Brit has exercised its opti...
Vital statistics.
THE ECONOMY - By the year to 31 March 1998, Bermuda's gross domestic product (GDP) had grown enor...
Third parties finally get in on the act.
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Bill aims to end the much criticised principle of limiting who can sue in English courts to enforce contracts, writes Richard Eveleigh.
Time to talk tough.
Reinsurance hears the hard-hitting world view of Herbert Haag, head of Bermudian group PartnerRe.
BILA appointments.
Jonathan Sacher, head of Paisner's (re)insurance group, was re-elected chairman of the British Insur...
Picking Lime Street.
Bermudian companies control some of the largest operations at Lloyd's. Adrian Leonard reports.
IUMI calls for a rethink.
It came as little surprise to delegates that September's conference of the International Union of Ma...
To the bottom of the pool.
In the second of his series on Kingscroft v Nissan Fire and Marine, John Butler looks at the background to the placing of the Weavers pool Facility Quota Share treaties.
Slovenian growth slows down.
Growth for the two active reinsurers in Slovenia slowed in 1998, but the overall claims ratio fell f...
Here to stay.
The doubters said that it would never happen. That Bermuda would never be more than a captive domici...
Aon Group CFO.
Eric Warner (above) has been appointed chief financial officer and board director of Aon Group, the ...