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The Intelligent Quarterly from the publishers of The Insurance Insider

Spring 2012

Lead article

Reinsurance buying: a harder market

In a reinsurance market trifurcated by loss experience, geographical zone and product line, buyers face very different experiences as they look to tick off their shopping lists for 2012 cover. IQ investigates… Continued inside

Editor's Comment

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The 10 o'clock news test

The old biblical saying that a prophet is never accepted in his own land rings particularly true in our sector…Continued inside

News analysis

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And then there were six…

Raise the Titanic

Loss creep keeps coming

2011: The year of the cats

IQ profile

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Inside FAC

Going local

Marcus Alcock talks to Markel International's William Stovin about a mixed bag of results in 2011, some notable specialist acquisitions and "being local" on the continent… Continued inside

Features

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Market cycle

There will be (more) blood

While some argue there hasn't been enough pain - the "two years of blood" - to deliver a hard market, it's clear that the fundamentals of the (re)insurance market cycle are changing, says Adam McNestrie… Continued inside

Domiciles

London back on the map?

Lancashire's change in tax residency and Aon's recent decision to move to London validate subtle changes in the UK tax and government regime. Might they hint at greater things to come? Mark Geoghegan investigates… Continued inside

Legacy

Buying into the live market

With the promise of another golden era for run-off business yet to materialise, providers are seeking opportunities for trading in live businesses, says Jakki May… Continued inside

Trading Risk

Go with the flow

2012 could be the convergence market's 'poster' year as the property cat market hardens. Fiona Robertson assesses the winners and losers in alternative risk transfer… Continued inside

Also featured

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Winds of change

Going for gold

The end of the cycle?

Tailored investments

Insight

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Interview

Window on the world

Nick Metcalf leans out of his shopfront window to tell IQ about the wider world of Liberty… Continued inside

Cyber risk

The spy who hacked me

As traditional policies struggle to respond to the rise in data breaches, cyber espionage and industrial threats, the need for specialty cyber risk products is growing, say Laurie Kamaiko, Vincent Vitkowsky and Richard Graham… Continued inside

Outsourcing

Embrace the new…

Outsourcing technology requirements is increasingly what differentiates the ‘new insurance' from the old guard, says Michael Graham… Continued inside

Broking

The appliance of science

Technology-enabled portfolio management is bringing a greater level of science to the art of broking, says Simon Burtwell… Continued inside

Research & Supplements

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World Space Risk Review 2012

At the time of writing, it's over six months since the Atlantis flew its final mission, bringing an end to the 30-year reign of Nasa's iconic Space Shuttle programme. With only two major, albeit tragic, failures… Read more

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

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

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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