A constellation of risks.
Last month Reinsurance reported the news from Generali's space insurance conference in Florence. Here Alex Beatty takes a closer look at some issues affecting the market.
Life in the space market is tough these days. An unprecedented levelof losses last year wiped out premiums twice over and left underwriters
nursing bruised egos - and balance sheets.
Italian insurer
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