The Review : worldwide reinsurance-Número Enero 1999

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Publication: The Review : worldwide reinsurance

Number: Número Enero 1999

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Rights: InC

Title	Author	Pages
Lawyers : consolidation in the reinsurance industry is driving lawyers away from dispute resolution
Run-off : Richard Williams asks what the future of run-off service providers is likely to be
Consultants : more reinsurers are using the services of management consultants, but their value lies in close co-operation, says Neil Cullen
Accounting : reinsurance models are becoming more sophisticated, as these case studies show
Global analysis : Krishnan Venkatachalam suggests ways for reinsurers to maintain profitability
Profile : Amlin is the second largest ILV at Lloyd's market. Navin Reddy interviews CEO Richard Keeling
Middle east : David Baxter warns of the dangers of reinsurers placing risks too eagerly in the Middle East
Profile. David Baxter finds out how Jim Stanard, head of Renaissance Re, has made catastrophe modelling an accepted industry tool
Catastrophe modeling. Mark Saunders reviews new US hurricane forecast tools, and speculates on their usefulness for the re/insurance industry
Market report. Navin Reddy looks back on the past year in Bermuda, and assesses the impacts of catastrophe losses and consolidations
Transformers. David Baxter reports on investment banks making Bermuda their re/insurance base
Venture capital. John Heindrickson is in charge of upgrading the private equity functions of Swiss Re Capital Partners. Mike Hanley finds out how the former head of Securitas is approaching the task
Swiss Re: David Baxter finds out that profits are soaring but, despiste upbeat management messages, underwriting itself is not profitable
Primary Insurance: More than a third of the world's insurance premium expenditure is made in Western Europe. David Baxter assesses the implications
Market Report: David Baxer looks at the impact of economic and monetary union upon the European reinsurance macro and micro markets
Risk: Large corporations no longer see risk as a sub-part of their business but as fundamental to their entire structure. Mike Hanley reports
AUSTRALIA: Robert O'Connor examines the takeover of Australian insurer GIO by financial services and life group AMP and considers its impact on the Australian reinsurance market
In search of synergy: mergers are supossed to provide the best of both worlds, but often it is like putting a square peg in a round hole
Digital nervous system or nervous breakdown? : how reinsurers can take advantage of emergent technologies to improve customer service and efficiency
How to cut down on your legal spending: a judge expressed surprise when told that a multi-million pound contract was evidenced by no more than a two page slip
The art of art: alternative risk transfer is making waves in the re/insurance industry, but is a loosely defined concept
Londonns new bridge: London now has its own transformer, in the form of a rechristened Benfield Reinsurance
Forecast for London: Rob Jones of S&P gives his outlook for the London market, comprising companies, most of which conduct insurance and reinsurance business as members of the International Association of Underwrites (IAU) and Lloydns syndicates
Customised genes: genetic engineering looks here to stay, in spite of widespread public suspicion
Axa in motion: Axa Rens Jean-Marie Nessi expects the company to triple its business in the next upturn, and is already putting a new strategy to work
Gallic challenges: Francens reinsurance market has not been immune to a downward spiral in rates, but its stature in the global industry means it can evolve to reap benefits from new opportunitues
The Nordic trio: Scandinavian reinsurers have dwindled in the last few decades
Premiums into orbit: wider use of satellites means are increased risk exposure, and a growing field of insurance
A common language: a document can be written once in XML and displayed in a variety of ways
Eastern promise: as EU membership gradually extends to Eastern European countries: how developed their re/insurance industries are
Poland catches up: Polandns insurance sector has had a tough ride since political and economic changes began ten years ago
Russians cash crisis: why Russians insurance market is struggling to find its feet and attract foreign investment
Growth on the emerald isle: as an english-speaking EU member with favourable tax treaties, Ireland is being hailed as the new Bermuda and attracting large-scale investment from re/insurers
Negotiating pitfalls in the Y2K minefield: if Y2K looses approach the magnitude that is predicted, the re/insurance wordings will be disputed
Complexity is the key: how companies can use IT to improve their position in the marketplace
The human factor: the impact of biotechnology on humans and the subsequent implications for insurers
Battle of the websites: corporate websites were once just on-line brochures, but competition is heating up as consumers come to expect and interactive service from them
Treacherous technologies: the vast opportunities offered by new technology have their downside: digital risk
Cyber shopping: e-commerce is growing as customers gain confidence in internet transactions, though buying a book is not always the same as buying insurance
Switzerland storms ahead: Swiss Re continues to innovate while Zurich Re is picking the markets it operates in
Situation vacant: employers no longer give jobs for life, but equally, employees may not want them: how reinsurers go about recruiting and retaining their most valuable resources
Sydneyns storm: two reinsurers have gone belly-up down under, but Australians misfortune coincides with an upturn in the Northern hemisphere
Tailspin analysis: the IUAns Reinsurance Statistics reveal the tail that lags behind the London company market
Cautions optimism: primary insurancy premiums are teetering on the brink of recovery in Germany, but stiff competition continues to ensure a tough market
Flexing the Teutonic muscle: Germany carries a lot of weight in the reinsurance industry, and if its leading players pull out of uneconomical sectors there could be a significant ripple effect across the global market
Itns life reinsurance but not as we know it: the life market is not normally a focal point in Germany, but it has brought a startlingly wide range of results
Cyber security: the growth of e-commerce has made a clear set of guidelines necessary, but the passage of a new bill has been slow and hampered by arguments for and against self-regulation
Smoke lingers: if insurance coverage written decades ago for tobacco manufacturers against health liability claims stands up in court, it could cost the insurers up to $10m for every person who successfully sues a tobacco company
Rising pressure: with attritional losses eating away at a falling premium base, the energy industry may be in trouble when the next big catastrophe occurs
Back in the dark ages: the latest attempt to reform the Glass-Steagall Act looks set to fall at the first fence
Land of opportunity: those still expecting an American takeover of the reinsurance industry could be in for a long wait
Premium over profit?: the 1998 figure for the US market wonders why some reinsurers have increased their premiums - and their losses
Learning to co-operate: some of the new opportunities afforded to reinsurers by alternative risk transfer and the increasing focus on capital management in financial services
Y2K and insurance: sue and labour
Legal issues relating to the assumption of long-tail liabilities