Inept Management Kills More Reinsurers Than CatastrophesInternational Editor Reinsurers are rarely killed by the one- in-1,000-year event and more frequently are killed by inept management, ...
Bermudians Enter D&O, E&O MarketsThe new Bermudian players have provided needed capacity in the directors and officers and professional liability market after long-standing markets cut ...
Learning to Love Your Ratings AnalystInternational Editor After the brouhaha between Standard & Poors and Munich Re in August over the reinsurers downgrade to "A-plus" ...
Will Reinsurers Gain From Top of Cycle?International EditorBaden-Baden, Germany Over the past year-and-a-half, the downgrades of reinsurers made by Standard & Poors stem from the ...
Munich Re Plans 3.8 B Euros OfferingWith its ratings under pressure, Munich Reinsurance Company has decided to raise at least 3.8 euros (4.4 billion) in ...
Stock Market Wrong On Casualty Re?International Editor Although the casualty reinsurance market was the last to turn in the hard market, it is "poised to ...
Converium ReorganizesConverium Holding Ltd. in Zug, Switzerland, has changed its organizational model from a model that was based on geography to one based on global ...
Oversight Systems, Culture Will Lead To Good GovernanceNot RulesInternational EditorNew York If rules for corporate governance rely on the use of checklists rather than effective ...
Collateralization Trend Not Expected:Monte Carlo Ceding companies generally will not be demanding wide-scale collateralization from their reinsurers, according to brokers interviewed at this years reinsurance ...