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Peaking over the longevity hedge

3 December 2009

Guy Coughlan, managing director and global head of pension ALM advisory at JP Morgan, discusses the pros and cons of index-based longevity risk transfer… Read more

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Shining a torch on ILWs...

3 December 2009

Willis Re executive director Henry Kingham offers his insight into the ILW market in 2009 and also gives his views for 2010… Read more

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Shaking it up...

3 December 2009

Earthquakes are among the most destructive natural disasters. An average of 18 major earthquakes - reaching 7 on the Richter scale or greater - strike around the globe each year, according to a November special report from the ratings agency AM Best… Read more

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Swiss Re capital recovery continues in Q3

4 November 2009

Swiss Re delivered analyst-beating third quarter net profits this month to further boost its capital base, as the reinsurer continues on the recovery path to paying back its Berkshire Hathaway capita… Read more

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An alternating current

7 October 2009

Transformer vehicles – which convert (re)insurance risk into derivative form and vice versa – have enjoyed years of continued growth by providing a vital service to dedicated ILS investor… Read more

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Mind the gap...

7 October 2009

Traditionally, (re)insurers think of their business in terms of placements and annual renewals. The Room at Lloyd’s is not a trading floor per se, but a forum where placements are negotiated an… Read more

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The mouse that roared

18 June 2009

The US insurance industry loss estimates published by Property Claims Service (PCS) form the definitive trigger on $3bn of outstanding cat bond capacity and an estimated 90 percent of the approximate… Read more

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TR Comment: This is the life...

18 June 2009

In 2007, the US had 37 million citizens aged 65 years and over, of whom 13 million owned life insurance policies which were eligible for life settlements (LS) – a recognised and increasingly re… Read more

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Show me the (real) money

9 April 2009

  PGGM is a large asset manager in Holland, with EUR67bn assets under management. Peter-Jan de Koning is part of a team that manages the firm’s EUR2.5bn Portfolio of Strategies which allocates… Read more

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Capital erosion drives 1/1 reinsurance rate hikes

12 February 2009

Global reinsurance prices firmed at the key January renewals as an abnormally high catastrophe loss year in 2008 and asset losses on(re)insurers’ balance sheets shrunk capital supply and increa… Read more

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