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2011: The year of the cats

$90bn+ of catastrophe claims have tested (re)insurers, but if renewals for US commercial lines are anything to go by, reinsurers may yet benefit from increased rates… Continued inside

Editor's Comment

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Mark Geoghegan

Words sometimes fail us…

We journalists are the scourge of English teachers across the globe. Like marauding barbarians we routinely mangle the raw material that so delights and fascinates the curators of our linguistic treasures…Continued inside

News analysis

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Year of the cat: Thailand

Year of the cat: US


Year of the cat: Japan

M&A: Transatlantic plumps for Alleghany


IQ profile

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Interview

Going it alone

David Bull sounds out Allied World president and CEO Scott Carmilani on the firm's future plans since the TransAllied deal dissolved eight weeks ago… Continued inside

Features

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Rates

Which way is up?

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As the final touches are put to the 1 January renewals, the only clear trend is uncertainty, says Gavin Davis… Continued inside

Lloyd's

Widening the Lloyd's gene pool

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As Lloyd's chairman John Nelson pledges to modernise and internationalise the world's oldest insurance market, Mark Geoghegan and Adam McNestrie assess Nelson's strategy and the legacy of his predecessor, Lord Levene… Continued inside

Trading Risk

Pay now, argue later

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Fiona Robertson asks if "smarter triggers" in parametric covers mean the (re)insurance industry's marriage to insurable interest is over…… Continued inside

Interview

Pouring OIL on troubled waters

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Energy mutual OIL is raising limits and reforming windstorm pooling as stablemate OCIL continues to branch out. David Bull investigates… Continued inside

Also featured

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Transatlantic insurance claims

The end is nigh?

Insight

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Regulation

Pedal to the metal

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Firms should make the most of the extra time afforded by the delay of Solvency II implementation, says Charles Portsmouth… Continued inside

Banking & investment

Peek over the FX hedge

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Proactive management of foreign exchange has never been so important, says Graham Sheridan… Continued inside

Modelling

Reducing uncertainty in natural catastrophe models

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Uncertainty is inherent to natural catastrophe models but independent industry data can help to make them more stable over time, say Eduard Held and Luzi Hitz… Continued inside

Ratings

The trials of receiving a rating

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Tony Weller and Mike Palmer tell IQ why they submitted to the rigours of an AM Best rating process… Continued inside

Research & Supplements

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The Insurance Insider London Market Roundtable 2011

It is sometimes surprising how philosophical discussions can become, often at times when it is least expected. And so it was when an erudite crop of industry rainmakers gathered atop London's "Gherkin"… Read more

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The Insurance Insider Legacy Roundtable 2011

Hope, they say, springs eternal. And perhaps this is truer in the insurance run-off world than anywhere else at present, as panellists proved at The Insurance Insider's annual legacy roundtable… Read more

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IUA Supplement 2011

Despite the depredations of the economic recession and of historic catastrophe losses on companies' capital base in recent years, the London (re)insurance market appears to be in rude health. As revealed by a survey conducted by the IUA, the London company market generated more… Read more

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Global Energy & Power Review 2011

Welcome to the 2011 Global Energy and Power Review. Looking back at last year's inaugural publication, many things have changed in the power and energy sector… Read more

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