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Treaty losses expected in region of $15bn-$20bn
30 March 2011
The Insurance Insider considers the major treaty exposures, including the giant Zenkyoren programme, where losses to international reinsurers could edge $8bn… Read more
Read more articles from this issueHeavy nat cat toll set to dominate Q4 earnings
2 February 2011
The impact of mounting weather-related catastrophe losses in the US and internationally will be felt across the property casualty (re)insurance community… Read more
Read more articles from this issue2011: Waiting for the tide to turn?
13 January 2011
Available capital has ballooned and returns on equity and safe investments evaporated - sensible reinsurers should return capital or merge and hang on… Read more
Read more articles from this issueLloyd’s 2011 capacity flat despite soft market
15 December 2010
The Insurance Insider's exclusive survey - which includes analysis of every syndicate's 2011 planned capacity - demonstrates that Lloyd's expects to remain at a record size in 2011… Read more
Read more articles from this issueThe march for margin
11 October 2010
In a special 8-page report, The Insurance Insider examines how the global and international brokers are attempting to defy the soft market with a variety of initiatives designed to squeeze more revenues out of the transaction. We shine a light on an issue too often clouded by controversy and polemics… Read more
Read more articles from this issueIt’s not just rates that are falling...
4 August 2010
Terms and conditions (T&Cs) are under growing pressure as underwriters are desperate to maintain income amidst the soft market… Read more
Read more articles from this issueAll you (n)ever wanted to know about Solvency II...
8 July 2010
Just in time for the launch of the final QIS5 specification, The Insurance Insider provides its own "cheat's guide" to Solvency II, explaining just exactly what it all means in (largely) jargon-free language… Read more
Read more articles from this issueFlorida resistance crumbles at 1/6
4 June 2010
The talk was tough and the pre-renewal posturing unforgiving, but the supply and demand fundamentals of a global soft reinsurance market were reasserted as the orders eventually came in… Read more
Read more articles from this issueReinsurers split Florida market on credit risk
18 May 2010
After a year of company failures, credit risk is now the major worry for reinsurers of the $3.5bn cat market. The Insurance Insider has a comprehensive four-page review in advance of the official start to the US hurricane season… Read more
Read more articles from this issueAnother Mexican stand-off?
13 March 2010
After last year's showdown, underwriters of Gulf of Mexico (GoM) wind cover may be more flexible in 2010. But is the offshore energy market any closer to finding a sustainable long-term solution to the region's volatility?… Read more
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