Risk

Competition for Premium Pie

Canada's reinsurance market contemplates a new landscape for the transfer of risk, including reduced cessions and downward pressure on primary rates

June 30, 2007

5 min read

Risk

The New Normal: Billion-Dollar Bruisers

Who'd have thunk it? Earthquakes, hurricanes and floods are not the only perils causing billion-dollar mega-losses.

June 30, 2007

6 min read

Risk

Storm Trackers

The Atlantic hurricane seasons of 2004, 2005 and 2006 clearly show the difficulty in predicting the risk volatility of natural hazards

June 30, 2007

6 min read

Risk

Trusted Advisors

The independent brokers' greatest competitive challenge is against the speed and convenience that the Internet offers consumers

June 30, 2007

7 min read

Insuring the Insurer

Reinsurance has long been an effective means of diversifying risk for property and casualty (P&C) insurance companies in Canada, particularly the risk of large-claim events. Nevertheless, reinsurance risk does exist and it can have important implications in determining the ultimate cost of an insolvency for member insurers. REINSURANCE IN CANADA The Canadian P&C industry is […]

June 30, 2007

6 min read

Moves (July 01, 2007)

The Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) went to Parliament Hill on June 12 to emphasize the importance of more than 30,000 independent brokers across the country. Members of Parliament and senators met with 50 insurance brokers across the country, as brokers sought to build an awareness of the role they play in small communities […]

June 30, 2007

6 min read

AMF focuses on developing derivatives market

The Autorit des marches financiers (AMF) has announced the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Derivatives (CED) to provide Quebec with modern and flexible regulatory instruments that can effectively foster the growth of the derivatives industry in Quebec while protecting investors. A derivative is essentially a financial instrument – traded on or off an […]

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What’s New: In Brief (June 27, 2007)

Benfield has inked an agreement with Lloyds to provide an extensive range of risk modelling and consulting services to the market and its syndicates. Under the terms of the five-year agreement, Lloyds will license Benfields dynamic financial analysis modelling tool ReMetrica Professional Edition for its own regulatory capital modelling requirements, as well as developing a […]

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Risk

Competition for Premium Pie

The New Normal: Billion-Dollar Bruisers

Storm Trackers

Trusted Advisors

Passport to Litigation Certainty

Insuring the Insurer

Insurance Industry Wants You

Moves (July 01, 2007)

AMF focuses on developing derivatives market

What’s New: In Brief (June 27, 2007)