Analysis
Finite possibilities
Unravelling the implications of the latest IAS draft document on insurance contracts
European Standards - IFRS to challenge insurers
The implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will bring both opportuniti...
Discipline challenge for 2004
So far it seems the renewals season has held up for reinsurers but is relief on rates covering up concerns about falling volume?
Technology platform - Benfield announces eReinsure deal
Benfield has announced that it will be using eReinsure's technology platform to assist certain cedin...
A fair trade
Latin America
China offers marine draw
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Earthquake records - 2003 marks decade-high for tremors
2003 was the deadliest year for earthquakes since 1990 and was almost 20 times as bad as 2002, accor...
Legal - WLF calls for insurer broker probe
The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) has called on the attorney generals and insurance departments ...
Storm modelling - AIR seminar stresses need to model European windstorms
European extratropical cyclones are a unique phenomenon that require a great deal of modelling to pr...
Satellite insurance exits black hole
Aviation and space
Geology - BGS helps insurers on shaky ground
The British Geological Society (BGS) has launched GeoSure, a new ground stability advice service tha...
A dream location?
A holidaymaker's idea of paradise often proves costly for reinsurers who frequently pay out to hotels on an environmental front line
Terrorism - Disaster cover loopholes
Companies that have insured the lives of their employees may find that they are not covered in the e...
Reaching their limits
Risk assessment in credit insurance is being called into question by the industry
Earthquake insurance - Californian quake coverage too low, says IIN
The number of Californians who are properly insured for earthquake damage is far too low, according ...
Takeover - Xchanging takes control of RebusIS
Xchanging has announced that it has acquired insurance technology provider RebusIS for an undisclose...
A Wales of a time
Regional Review
Reading between the lines
Dissecting Job Ads
Distribution cost burden adds to bodyshop woes
Motor Report
15 years ago
Looking back
Aim for a moving market
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A claim on your time
Motor Report
Driving out the uninsured
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