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Reinsurance
Industrial construction is a relatively new risk that is increasingly being insured in Russia. In the second part of a roundtable discussion the finer points of insuring this risk, including the clauses that determine maximum coverage limits, were debated. 1 October 2011
Reinsurance
Amid the turmoil and power struggles that have blighted other mergers and acquisitions in the industry this year, the XL-Catlin union has stayed out of the headlines. Here, Greg Hendrick, the chief executive of XL Catlin’s global reinsurance operations, reveals to Intelligent Insurer what happened the first time the new reinsurance leadership team met and why he sees the firm as well positioned in a rapidly changing reinsurance landscape. 14 September 2015
Reinsurance
The start of 2013 has been characterised by yet more reinsurers forming sidecars. These are increasingly being seen as a feather in the cap for the reinsurers forming them while also reflecting a wider demand for ILS products. Intelligent Insurer reports 16 April 2013
Reinsurance
The recent rapid influx of capital markets money into the reinsurance sector could represent the single biggest change the industry has ever experienced. Whether it is a case of revolution or evolution, we examine the 10 red hot questions the industry is struggling to answer about the consequences of this change. 16 July 2013
Insurance
The re/insurance industry has not historically been as attractive to young people as a career choice as other financial services sectors such as banking or fund management. But that is changing. As part of a wider feature available online, Intelligent Insurer speaks to 40 young executives—all under 35—who are making waves in the industry. 1 May 2015
Insurance
While the quality of the data available and the sophistication of risk modelling has improved in recent years, the industry must still absorb some hard lessons on European windstorm risks and also consider alternative means of risk transfer, says Eddy Vanbeneden. 1 March 2011
Reinsurance
Swiss Re has been operating in Latin America for the best part of a century. Michel Liès, chairman of global partnerships, Swiss Re, looks back at this long commitment and considers the region’s growing importance. 1 June 2011
Reinsurance
Six months into the role of group CEO, Michel M. Liès is putting Swiss Re’s recent turnaround and restructuring behind it and setting new standards of transparency and financial targets. 1 September 2012
Insurance
Intelligent Insurer spoke to Cooper Gay about the challenges it faced in handling claims from the 2010 Chilean earthquake—an event that has been acknowledged as one of the largest insured catastrophes ever recorded outside the US. 1 March 2011
Insurance
He has nothing to prove and enough money, reputation and goodwill to enjoy a very happy retirement. Yet at the age of 74, former Aon chairman Pat Ryan is doing it all again with his new company, Ryan Speciality Group. 1 June 2012
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