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Steady as she goes

First signs of a soft market bring out the worst in doom-mongers. Benfield’s chief executive, Grahame Chilton, paints a more positive picture of the global situation

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A breath of fresh air

Two years after the launch of Oxygen, chief executive Nigel Barton talks about the intermediary’s growth and outlook for the future

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Going it alone

Having dominated the headlines thanks to its potential merger with a London market rival, Jardine Lloyd Thompson has now set out a strategy with which to address the challenges it sees ahead

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The strategy of risk

With a new man at the helm, broking giant Marsh is attempting to reposition itself in the UK risk arena

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Continuing concerns

Insurance is only truly effective when it is an integral part of a sustainable risk-management programme

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Consider the long view

Understanding and taking advantage of the insurance cycle is the key to getting the best from the risk transfer industry, according to Adrian Colosso

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Charting a different course

Max Re blazed a trail when it was first established, but has decided a more traditional course is preferable

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A three-pronged attack

Lancashire is one of Bermuda’s ‘Class of 2005’ but it is far from being purely a mono-line catastrophe insurer

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Not quite the beginning

Neither a start-up, nor simply a rebranding, the recent development of Paris Re has provided the company’s chief executive, Hans-Peter Gerhardt, with plenty of challenges

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Rollercoaster ride

Following what can only be described as a turnaround year in 2006, there has been no let-up in pace for Converium in 2007

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Expanding the brand

The risk market is, by definition, wholly international and as Amlin’s Charles Philipps believes, that means working to build a global brand

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There will be some who doubted SVB had a future after suffering the fallout of the late 1990s US casualty crisis, but Matthew Fosh, chief executive of newly rebranded Novae, is adamant that the group has turned the corner

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Onwards and upwards

Advent is the latest Lloyd’s insurer to have established a Bermuda presence, but it has been a busy year for the managing agent generally

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Growing internationally

The latest of the Lloyd’s vehicles to have redomiciled itself in Bermuda is not about to forget its roots and remains committed to the London market

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Down Under and all over

A mixture of acquisitions and organic growth have confirmed Australia’s QBE into a global player in the insurance market

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Shaping the future

David Gittings has spent several months identifying the path that his leadership of the London Market Association should take. Now he has decided, he gives the low-down on what he has discovered

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Lands of opportunity

China has been a major focus for Lloyd’s over the past few years, but the wider Asian market continues to be the real goal

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London calling …

Years of turbulence followed by one exceptional year: that is the insurance industry’s experience. However, Dave Matcham claims, the British capital has emerged from it stronger than ever

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Risk on the rise

Greater awareness of risk is piling pressure on insurers to deliver solutions, but the industry showed resilience to recover from 2004 and 2005, RICHARD BANKS writes

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Liberty $2.7bn Ohio bid makes an upgrade likely

Richard Banks

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Cooper Gay deal will help it keep its independence

Oleg Vukmanovic

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Account non-renewals lead to dip in Arig’s profits

Justin Rahman

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‘Analytical’ Cologne Re profits increase as volumes decrease

Herbert Fromme, Cologne

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Reinsurance underwriting gains boost Berkshire Q1 income 12%

Peta Miller

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Cash injection keeps Scottish Re afloat

As Scottish Re celebrates a rating upgrade by AM Best from B to B+, OLEG VUKMANOVIC looks at a reinsurer trying to rebuild its profile

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Allianz in talks on Russian deal

Herbert Fromme, Cologne

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Advisory panel launch

Scott Vincent

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Tower Hamlets students speak out on climate change as IPCC offers future hope

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change launched its latest report at the end of last week, the finalists of the Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership were taking part in the annual public-speaking competition: climate change was their theme, too. SCOTT VINCENT examines their responses to establish the key message coming from the next generation’s thinkers

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