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National Underwriter Property & Casualty-September-03, 2002

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  • China Set To Open Doors To Reinsurers

    S.d. Gupta

    China Set To Open Doors To ReinsurersAsia CorrespondentHong Kong Entry into the Chinese reinsurance market has not been easy, given the dominance of the Beijing-based ...

  • Asbestos Reserves Pose Re Challenges

    Mike Angelina, Jenni Biggs

    Asbestos Reserves Pose Re ChallengesThe spotlight is on asbestos litigation, given the escalation of claims and the number of large awards made to unimpaired litigants, ...

  • Aint No One Here But Us Chickens

    Lisa S. Howard

    Aint No One Here But Us ChickensI know an insurance industry analyst whose father is a chicken farmer. He says his father has always complained ...

  • Insurers Seek Limits On Data Demands

    Jim Connolly

    Insurers Seek Limits On Data DemandsProperty-casualty insurers say that a just completed survey illustrates how costly data gathering could be, and underscores the need to ...

  • Comp Med Cost Drivers Differ By State

    Daniel Hays

    Comp Med Cost Drivers Differ By StateOrlando, Fla. The reasons behind the surge in medical costs for workers compensation systems vary widely by state, ranging ...

  • London Presses On With Market Reforms

    Nigel Roberts

    London Presses On With Market ReformsOne of the most critical issues facing the London market today is the reform of its worryingly outmoded and antiquated ...

  • Bermuda Start-Ups Emphasize Quality

    Roger Crombie

    Bermuda Start-Ups Emphasize QualityBermuda Correspondent With the new Bermuda start-up companies vowing to stay around for the long term, their game plan appears to involve ...

  • News Mixed On Risk Management Jobs

    Caroline McDonald

    News Mixed On Risk Management JobsEmployment opportunities for risk managers remain available despite the recession, as firms look to upgrade their risk management personnel and ...

  • Turnover Hampers Adjuster Staffing

    Daniel Hays

    Turnover Hampers Adjuster Staffing Orlando, Fla. The insurance industry has to "get smarter about retaining top talent to reduce high employee turnover among adjusters, according ...

  • Sins Of Past Ignite Canada Re Shakeup

    Sean Van Zyl

    Sins Of Past Ignite Canada Re ShakeupCanada CorrespondentToronto Although net written premiums from the Canadian 2002 reinsurance treaty renewals rose by 31 percent to $1.12 ...

  • Cincinnati Financial Expands Board

    Mark E. Ruquet

    Cincinnati Financial Expands Board An insurer included on the California Public Employees Retirement System "Focus List" of companies with poor corporate governance has announced the ...

  • Change In Audit Bill Saves Insurers Millions

    Steven Brostoff

    Change In Audit Bill Saves Insurers Millions Washington A little noticed change in the recently enacted auditor independence legislation is expected to spare publicly traded ...

  • Hard Market Realities Test Broker-Underwriter Ties

    Lisa S. Howard

    Hard Market Realities Test Broker-Underwriter TiesInternational EditorLondon While some underwriters in the London market have at times appeared to show more loyalty to brokers than ...

  • Capital Markets Hurt Reinsurer Results

    Lisa S. Howard

    Capital Markets Hurt Reinsurer ResultsInternational EditorLondon Weakened capital markets affected Munich Re and Swiss Res half-year results, although Munich Re reported stronger overall net income ...

  • Lloyd's Market Reforms Draw Wide Support

    Lisa S. Howard

    Lloyd's Market Reforms Draw Wide Support International EditorLondon There is wide support from the Lloyds market and membership for the creation of a Lloyds franchise ...

  • Asian Reinsurers Plan Regional Alliance

    S.d. Gupta

    Asian Reinsurers Plan Regional AllianceAsia CorrespondentHong Kong Reinsurance companies need to watch over their shoulders because some of their clients in Asia might soon turn ...

  • London Grows As A Virtual Marketplace

    Marie-louise Rossi

    London Grows As A Virtual MarketplaceAsk any two people what they understand by the term "London insurance market," and you are likely to receive two ...

  • Language Barrier Kills Workers, OSHA Says

    Daniel Hays

    Language Barrier Kills Workers, OSHA Says Orlando, Fla. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is finding that workplace deaths are on the increase among ...

  • A Case Against Reinsurance Arbitration?

    Linda Dakin-grimm, M. Benjamin Valerio

    A Case Against Reinsurance Arbitration? Private arbitration has long been the dispute resolution forum of choice in the treaty reinsurance business. Arbitration of disputes, with ...

  • Cat Re 2002: A Different Hard Market?

    Sean Mooney

    Cat Re 2002: A Different Hard Market?One of the few statements that can be made with certainty about the world catastrophe reinsurance market is that ...

  • Reinsurers Tighten Terms, Conditions

    Lisa S. Howard

    Reinsurers Tighten Terms, ConditionsReinsurance EditorLondon The newfound commitment by reinsurance underwriters to firm up terms and conditions is based on the reinsurance industrys drive to ...

  • Sept. 11 Sparks Demands For Modeling

    Lisa S. Howard

    Sept. 11 Sparks Demands For ModelingReinsurance EditorLondon After Sept. 11, the insurance and reinsurance industries woke up to a riskier world and, hence, there has ...

  • NCOIL Pushes For Disaster Reserves

    Steven Brostoff

    NCOIL Pushes For Disaster Reserves Washington The National Conference of Insurance Legislators is asking Congress to consider legislation that would allow insurers to establish tax-deferred ...

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