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The Intelligent Quarterly from the publishers of The Insurance Insider

Spring 2013

Lead article

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The long arm of Lawsky…

Should we be worried that there is a new sheriff in town? Particularly when said sheriff has a reputation as a lone ranger, with one eye on the popular vote and another on extracting money from financial firms nervous about damage to their already fragile reputations?… Continued inside

Editor's Comment

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The industry prayer

There is a peculiar balancing force in nature that immediately and unerringly reinstates equilibrium whenever it encounters imbalances…Continued inside

News analysis

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The rise of the underwriting machine

European (re)insurers diverge on dividends

The new order

XL builds on US property

IQ profile

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Profile

Bridging the East-West divide

Going local seemed the obvious choice for two German-born reinsurance executives looking to become Asia Pacific pioneers. Karina Whalley meets the people behind $550mn Peak Re… Continued inside

Features

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Capital

Hot money

Gavin Davis questions whether catastrophe reinsurers can handle the heat and maintain underwriting discipline as "hot money" pours into the sector… Continued inside

Lloyd's

Inside the Lloyd's dream

With membership so highly prized, Adam McNestrie assesses what it takes to get into the world's oldest insurance market… Continued inside

RoE

Juicing returns

Some (re)insurers are looking outside their core businesses to find accretive opportunities in difficult operating conditions, says David Bull… Continued inside

Marine

Here be monsters

After the largest and third largest claims in the marine market's history, the 2013 $3bn IG renewal promised much, but in the end underwriters were happy to take the money, says Mark Geoghegan… Continued inside

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The rise of the pension fund

Broken promises

Partial recall

The alternative evolution

Insight

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Technology

Back to the future

What do the Intel Pentium processor and the insurance markets have in common? Not much, it would seem, unless the industry learns to embrace technology as its future, says Stewart Taylor… Continued inside

Regulation

Raging bull

The insurance industry needs to take the regulatory bull by the horns when the FSA splits into the FCA and PRA this year, says Michael Luderer… Continued inside

Emerging markets

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

As China's insurance market continues to develop at a world-leading pace, its P&C sector will finally enter a phase of sustainable growth and underwriting profitability, predicts Dr Jianzhong Yao and Dr Kai-Uwe Schanz… Continued inside

Trade credit

Should I stay or should I go?

With more businesses failing due to customer debts, trade credit is getting tougher to insure, says Michael Feldwick, but credit risk management solutions could help insurers stay on clients' risks… Continued inside

Research & Supplements

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The Insurance Insider Bermuda Roundtable 2012/13

When The Insurance Insider returned to Bermudian shores in late 2012 for its latest reinsurance roundtable it was with one eye on the past and one eye on the future… Read more

The Insurance Insider 1.1 Renewals Takeaway

With so much background noise and potentially conflicting information being put out at this important time in the reinsurance calendar, we at The Insurance Insider thought that it would be a valuable exercise to compile the key 'takeaways' for the 1 January 2013 renewals season… Read more

The Insurance Insider AIRROC Roundtable

Few financial services sectors can look upon their work and say they have truly been victims of their own success. But the run-off market, at least in London, can justifiably make that claim. With liabilities speedily managed down and a vibrant legacy market that has delivered a range of finality solutions… Read more

The Insurance Insider PCI Reinsurance Roundtable

When The Insurance Insider sat down to set themes for discussion at its first ever PCI roundtable, it eased into autopilot mode. A benign hurricane season and the dynamics of excess supply and dwindling demand looked set to dominate in the lead up to the 1 January reinsurance renewals… Read more

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