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25 January 2012
Aviation insurers are flying high after stellar results in 2011. But how long will it last?
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24 January 2012
Interview: Eric Smith, CEO of Swiss Re Americas, tells Reactions his views on the January 1 2011 reinsurance renewals and what areas he sees opportunities for growth.
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23 January 2012
INTERVIEW: Greg Case, CEO of Aon, believes that the insurance broker can help its customers manage their way through the tough global operating environment and rise to the challenge of new and complex risks by working on a more robust fact basis.
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23 January 2012
Analysis: Willis and Moody’s have provided views on the severity of damage to the insurance and reinsurance industry Costa Concordia, and the indications are not positive, while Munich Re and Hannover Re give initial loss estimates.
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19 January 2012
A strong fourth-quarter for cat bonds has some predicting a “banner year" for the insurance-linked securities market in 2012. Includes full-year data for ILS issuance.
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09 January 2012
It has been a long time coming – but the chief risk officer role seems to have finally, quietly come of age, says Reactions' contributing editor Garry Booth.
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18 January 2012
There was plenty to consider at the 1/1 reinsurance renewals, such as near-record catastrophe losses and irksome risk modelling issues. Now that feedback is in from reinsurers, brokers and cedants, we try to make sense of it all.
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11 January 2012
ANALYSIS: A report on January renewals from reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter says after a costly year of Asian catastrophes in supposed “cold spots”, capital levels have recovered but cat rates are sharply up at renewal.
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06 January 2012
ANALYSIS: An Aon Benfield report suggests that overhaul of cat models in 2011 “missed” the mark, Florida will seek added reinsurance, and reinsurers remain well capitalised – managing an aggregate profit for 2011.
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03 January 2012
The December 2011/January 2012 issue of Reactions is now online. Click through to read a selection of stories from the issue.
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23 December 2011
Emerging risks by definition are no longer hidden. Here are 10 that you can no longer bury your head in the sand about.
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22 December 2011
INTERVIEW: Montpelier Re’s 10th anniversary has been marked by a punishing volley of catastrophe losses. The good news for the Bermuda property-catastrophe specialist is its risk management has passed this test, says its CEO Christopher Harris.
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22 December 2011
Kevin Kelley, CEO of Bermudian specialty insurer Ironshore, assesses the impact of the European financial crisis on the global insurance industry in the latest in Reactions’ View From The Top series.