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Update: Hurricane Ida

GC Editor — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:23:24 +0000

Ida made its first landfall in the United States around 11:40 UTC (05:40 local time) earlier today on Dauphin Island, Alabama, as a tropical storm packing sustained winds of around 45 mph (75 kmph),...

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Stability Returns

GC Editor — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:34 +0000

Henry Keeling, President and CEO — International Operations Contact At the end of 2008, the normal pre-renewal uncertainty was magnified by the effects of the most severe financial crisis in...

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Reinsurance Brokers: Orderly Markets and Optimized Results, Executing the Transaction

GC Editor — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:30:37 +0000

Chris Klein, Global Head of Business Intellience Contact The primary role of the reinsurance broker is to help insurers move risk out of their portfolios, most often — unsurprisingly —...

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Update: Hurricane Ida

GC Editor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:17:46 +0000

Hurricane Ida is located approximately 285 miles (460 kilometers) south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River in the United States and packs sustained winds of around 90 mph (150 kmph),...

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Near-Term Capital Management: Hidden Opportunity

GC Editor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:39 +0000

Michelle Harnick, Managing Director Contact We’ve had a fairly quiet catastrophe year, making it easy for risk managers to slip into a false sense of comfort. But, the situation could have been...

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Reinsurance Brokers: Orderly Markets and Optimized Results, Introduction

GC Editor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:30:18 +0000

Chris Klein, Global Head of Business Intellience Contact Insurers use reinsurance to lay off risk, free up capital and manage earnings, with the ultimate goal of maximizing the value of every dollar...

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2009 Reinsurance Readers’ Awards

GC Editor — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:00:01 +0000

Your vote counts. Click here to participate in the 2009 Reinsurance magazine Readers’ Awards survey. Click here to begin the survey >>

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Hurricane Ida

GC Editor — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:21:43 +0000

Ida developed in the Caribbean Sea on November 4, 2009 and is currently located approximately 75 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua/Honduras border. According to...

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Week’s Top Stories: Oct 31 - Nov 6, 2009

GC Editor — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:45 +0000

Impact of Earnings Volatility on Price/Book Ratios: The link between a company’s earnings and its share price is intuitive and well documented. Equally logical, although far less studied, is the...

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Finding (Re)Insurance Innovators

GC Editor — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:44 +0000

Chris McKeown, CEO of Global Analytical and Specialty Practices Contact It seems that everybody claims to be on the leading edge when it comes to the best tools and latest ideas for the (re)insurance...

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