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ILS

Insurance accounting: a changing landscape

Angela Taylor, senior manager, insurance, at KPMG talks us through the developing accounting landscape and how differing FASB and IASB standards are working towards convergence.   1 March 2012

ILS

Structuring risk for the capital markets

Energy and chemical industry risk modeller, CatVest, discusses the unique role the firm plays in structuring insurance-linked securities and industry loss warranties for the capital markets.   1 March 2012

Re/insurance

European exposures

With the eurozone crisis still no closer to a definitive denouement, we asked our editorial board how concerned they are about European asset liabilities and the allure of European business is dampened.   1 March 2012

Re/insurance

Renewed enthusiasm for reinsurance

Reinsurance is set to become more accretive to insurers at January 1, while insurer product innovation will be on reinsurers’ agenda for 2011, says Bryon Ehrhart.   1 November 2011

Re/insurance

Whichever way the wind blows

The January renewal season is almost upon the re/insurance market and companies are watching carefully to see just which way the wind is blowing—and hoping it’s towards a more profitable future.   1 November 2011

Re/insurance

To boldly go (space re/insurance)

Space may well be the final frontier, but space re/insurance is already a thriving specialty line. Here, Lee Tookey talks about the very specific challenges involved in writing the line.   1 November 2011

Re/insurance

ERM: instilling a top-down view of risk

Bermuda Re spoke with Susan Patschak of Canopius, Bermuda about the company’s enterprise risk management strategy and how recent catastrophe events and asset side ‘cats’ shaped its approach to risk.   1 November 2011

Re/insurance

Better risk premium, less fun

With Californian insurers now pricing motor insurance by the distance driven, Roger Crombie explores the implications of a more technical approach to underwriting.   1 November 2011

Life

Bermuda strides ahead on equivalency

Jonathan Reiss, partner at Ernst & Young, examines how Solvency II will play out for Bermuda’s re/insurance industry and what steps the Bermuda Monetary Authority is taking in order to respond to regulatory demands.   1 November 2011

Re/insurance

An increasingly challenging landscape

Kirsten Faria, senior vice president, Bermuda and international product line manager, healthcare, at Allied World, outlines changes in the US healthcare landscape and the challenges new contours will create.   1 November 2011

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