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AROUND THE MARKETS
Insurers in Russia will continue to see ratings pressure because of poor reserving and pricing risks that became apparent last year, according to rating agency Fitch
AUGUST ISSUE
Recessionary strains and the impact of abundant catastrophe activity have cast long shadows over a soft re/insurance market, reports Helen Yates.
Last year’s string of big losses have failed to change conditions in the aviation sector, reports Sarah Ahmad.
Risk Management Solutions co-founder and CEO Hemant Shah has developed his company from a Stanford University start-up to a global giant in its field. He tells Ruth Lythe that there’s plenty shaking up the risk modelling world at present and it’s not just earthquakes….
A flurry of fresh investors, a brand new index and surging issuances mean that it’s all go in the ILS market. But with the hurricane season will a major loss dent confidence in this so far relatively untested arena, asks Sarah Ahmad.
Barely a week goes by in the reinsurance world without the launch of a new initiative with lofty ambitions to change the industry forever. Sarah Ahmad revisits some of the successful and less successful of these recent projects and asks what can lessons can be learned.
Solvency II’s 2013 implementation date is thundering towards Europe’s re/insurers. So should those companies that have left it this late to start on the bulk of their preparations be fearfuI? It’s not time to panic (yet), industry experts tell Ruth Lythe.
“The times they are a-changing” sang Bob Dylan and by all accounts underwriters are keeping pace with them. Helen Yates investigates the latest developments in the specialty arena.
Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta, CEIOPS secretary general, answers to some of the key questions raised by participants during the debate.
Delays and disagreements have meant that the journey towards a worldwide accounting standard has been a fraught one. But July’s issuance of long awaited draft proposals could bring the industry’s dream a little closer to reality, reports Stuart Collins.
Have re/insurers learned the lessons of the financial crisis and subsequent economic environment, and how can they maximize profit in the present pricing environment? Kai-Uwe Schanz rounds up the answers to these thorny questions proffered by industry leaders at a recent conference in Switzerland.
The mid year flurry of financial supplements have been sent out and investors’ calls are being set up. It’s half year reporting time again. So what are the results? Ruth Lythe rounds up the action.
