| April 2010 |
| Solvency II In Depth |
In this extended roundtable discussion, group editor-in-chief Ant Gould and industry big hitters from the UK and continental Europe consider the progress made by (re)insurance as the once-distant spectre of Solvency II now looms large and close.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| October 2009 |
| Eye on Europe |
Guy Carpenter's new president and CEO of international operations, talks to Greg Dobie about cracking the continent and beyond.
Source: The Review magazine | | |
| October 2009 |
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| September 2009 |
| A Calm Market Prepares for 2010 |
The events of the last year caused drastic change in the outlook for reinsurance. Peter Zaffino, President & CEO of Guy Carpenter, predicts that the successful (re)insurers in 2010 will be those prepared for all possible outcomes.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| July 2009 |
| A Sense of Tranquility |
Stable renewals and stronger blanace sheets suggest that signs of calm might be returning after a difficult 2008, writes David Priebe, Guy Carpenter's chairman of Global Client Development.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| June 2009 |
| Slugging It Out |
The U.S. is persevering through the renewals gauntlet despite hardening rates and global economic turmoil, writes Andy Marcell, CEO for Guy Carpenter's Americas broking operations.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| May 2009 |
| Crucial Tactics |
The hit sustained by the industry over the past catastrophe season, combined with wider global economic pressures,
means that reinsurers must pay more attention than ever to their capital management strategies, argues Nick Frankland, Chief Executive Officer of Guy Carpenter's European operations.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| April 2009 |
| The Bigger Picture |
The move to a dynamic and holistic approach to market security is vital says Peter Zaffino, President & CEO of Guy Carpenter.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| March 2009 |
| Known Unknowns |
Catastrophe models have come on in leaps and bounds, claims Ryan Ogaard, global leader of
Guy Carpenter's Instrat® unit, however, recent events have damaged their reputation.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| Jan/Feb 2009 |
| A Defining Year for Cat Bonds |
After a good start in 2008, the market for Cat bonds just stopped, says Guy Carpenter's David Priebe. The worldwide meltdown has left 2009 unpredictable; can Cat bonds show their resilience?
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| December 2008 |
| A Most Unusual Renewal |
With the financial crisis still deeply affecting the market, 2009 might be one of the most interesting yet, writes Peter Zaffino, President & CEO of Guy Carpenter.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| November-December 2008 |
| Swap Out Risk? |
As the dust settles on the cat bond landscape after the Lehman bankruptcy, cat bond sponsers and investors are starting to see the way forward for the total return swap structure. GC Securities looks to the horizon...
Source: Trading Risk magazine | | |
| October 2008 |
| Cat Risk Comes Out of Hiding |
Modelling limitations and the dearth of historical data means risk managers are ill-equipped to prepare portfolios against the threat of casualty catastrophes, writes Nick Frankland.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| September 2008 |
| Looking at a Downturn? |
Peter Zaffino, President & CEO of Guy Carpenter, looks ahead to the 2009 renewal season and the challenging market conditions.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| September 2008 |
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| Sept/Oct 2008 |
| Navigating Pricing Peaks and Valleys |
Capital markets products have long been vaunted as a way of smoothing the exasperating traditional market cycle. So are they? Guy Carpenter's David Priebe examines the issues...
Source: Trading Risk magazine | | |
| August 2008 |
| Prepare to Profit |
David Priebe, Guy Carpenter's chairman of Global Client Development, says the best reinsurers think long-term, even while reacting with agility to short-term events.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| July/August 2008 |
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| May 2008 |
| The Risk of Chasing Yields |
David Priebe, head of Guy Carpenter's specialty operations, explains that it's not just sliding premiums that should have (re)insurers worried – the
global credit crunch has revealed an investment world fraught with risks of a different kind.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| April 28, 2008 |
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| April 2008 |
| The Curse of Choice |
Peter Zaffino, President & CEO of Guy Carpenter, argues that just because our industry is cyclical, it
doesn't mean that we should assume that the successful strategies of the past will be our best option for today.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| March/April 2008 |
| Cat Bonds Persevere |
Laurent Dignat, Managing Director, GC Securities Ltd, predicts the next stage in ILS development
Source: Trading Risk magazine | | |
| March 2008 |
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| March 2008 |
| View from the Top |
Peter Zaffino, the new chief executive officer of Guy Carpenter & Company, who took over at the end of February, gives his view on the role of the reinsurance broker, and the challenges facing the reinsurance broking market.
Source: Reactions magazine | | |
| February 2008 |
| How Much Is Too Much? |
David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, wonders how reinsurers might be able to stay liquid enough to avoid expensive recapitalizations after big Cats but avoid the pedestrian returns of the over-funded.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| January 2008 |
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| December 2007 |
| 2008: Softening Sustained |
David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, runs through the hard versus soft pricing debate's 2007 and 2008 incarnation.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| November 2007 |
| What You Don't Know Can Hurt You |
David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, draws some time-worn lessons from the subprime financial scandal.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| October 2007 |
| Guy Carpenter Offers Insights Into Market Conditions in Comprehensive Guide to Renewals |
| Guy Carpenter collaborated with The Review magazine to publish the Cedant's Guide to Renewals 2007. In this comprehensive publication, Guy Carpenter specialists assess key issues facing ceding companies as renewals season approaches and provide insights into a wide range of topics, including property, U.S. and global casualty, capital markets, cat bonds, Solvency II and terrorism. | | |
| October 2007 |
| You Can Always Get What You Want |
David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, believes it is time the increasingly important facultative
arena is finally given the recognition it deserves.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| September 2007 |
| Guy Carpenter Experts Comment on Market Issues at Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous |
Topics include end-of-year renewals, using an internal model for Enterprise Risk Management, the global property market, capital markets, capital management, data management and the need to quantify catastrophe exposures within long-tail liability portfolios.
Source: The Review Magazine's Rendez-Vous Newsletters | | |
| September 2007 |
| Thoughts On A Long Plane Ride |
David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, takes stock and sees extraordinary sees extraordinary opportunities for reinsurers – and no shortage of work for brokers, in the decades ahead.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| July 2007 |
| Insuring Influenza Pandemic: The Risk and Potential Remedies |
Jeffrey Krohn leads Guy Carpenter's Accident & Health Specialty Practice for the Americas. He recently penned this article for HIU, the magazine of the National Association of Health Underwriters.
Source: Health Insurance Underwriter magazine | | |
| June/July 2007 |
| Pandemics: Worse Than Terror? |
David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, asks if it will take a global pandemic for the insurance industry to give enterprise risk management (ERM) the attention it deserves.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| May 2007 |
| We've Converged! Where Do
We Go From Here? |
David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, urges reinsurers to take a back-to-basics approach, with a keen focus on the fundamentals of data.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| April 2007 |
| Commit to Asia or Miss Out |
Asia is set to be the powerhouse of reinsurance growth this century, but
what is the best way to play it? David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, explains why a commitment
of intellectual capital and investment in local knowledge is the way to go.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| March 2007 |
| Guy Carpenter: Having a First-Class Reinsurance Broker Is an Asset |
Investors today are interested in virtually every aspect of an insurer's business, and their reinsurance arrangements are receiving as much attention as any other, says Mr. David Spiller, chief executive officer of Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC. Here, he and Mr. Geoffrey IK Bromley, Chairman, United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions of Guy Carpenter, tell Asia Insurance Review why Asia is a key focus for their company's growth.
Source: Asia Insurance Review | | |
| March 2007 |
| Why Hard Cash Beats Hope Any Day |
Florida may be an exceptional case – but as David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, argues, nothing distributes large risks around the globe as efficiently as support from the reinsurance market.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| February 2007 |
| Stop Moaning and Deal With It! |
Feeling sceptical about Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)? David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, spells out its many benefits for insurers and reinsurers.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| December 2006 |
| A Fond Farewell to a Fine Year |
With a surprisingly calm, catastrophe-free year nearly behind us and an
abundance of fresh capital poured into the market, David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, finds
much to be grateful for as the year draws to a close.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| November 2006 |
| Don't 'Bifurcate' — Co-operate |
It's not often that changes in accounting have the potential to change the (re)insurance industry fundamentally, but a current proposal by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) does. David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, spells it out.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| October 2006 |
| Guy Carpenter Offers Insights Into Market Conditions in Comprehensive Guide to Renewals |
| Guy Carpenter collaborated with The Review magazine to publish the Cedant's Guide to Renewals 2006. In this comprehensive publication, Guy Carpenter specialists assess key issues facing ceding companies as renewals season approaches and provide insights into a wide range of topics, including new capital, global property, international casualty, contracts and claims, rating agencies and enterprise risk management. | | |
| October 2006 |
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| September 2006 |
| Three Cheers for Mobile Capital! |
Just a few years ago, a difficult year like 2005 would have meant a hard market for the loss-free and loss-prone alike, but not in 2006. David Spiller, president and chief executive of Guy Carpenter, hails the new spirit of maturity and discernment pervading today's reinsurance market.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| September 2006 |
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| July 2006 |
| An Englishman in New York |
Following on Reinsurance magazine's light-hearted, fun-in-the-sun theme for its July issue, David Spiller, chief executive of Guy Carpenter, shares his experiences of trans-Atlantic transition: 'Sting sang about it – I'm living it.'
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| June 2006 |
| Convergence Commands Changes |
David Spiller, president of Guy Carpenter, explains the looming culture clash as the investment community takes a more direct role in the (re)insurance business.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| May 2006 |
| Now We Are in Control |
Geoff Bromley explains why the reinsurance industry can help empower developing nations to become masters of their own destiny.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| April 2006 |
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| March 2006 |
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| February 2006 |
| Ready for an Atomized Market? |
Edmund Megna, Vice-Chairman, describes the multiple ways the river of capital flows into the sea of insurance risk and advocates sound management of this.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| December 2005 |
| Why Models Are Not the Whole Story |
Ryan Ogaard, Managing Director and global practice leader for Instrat®, explains the lessons to be learned about risk from the 2004-2005 storms.
Source: Reinsurance magazine | | |
| November 2005 |
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| October 2005 |
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| October 2005 |
| Guy Carpenter Offers Insights Into Market Conditions in Comprehensive Guide to Renewals |
| Guy Carpenter collaborated with The Review magazine to publish the Cedant's Guide to Renewals 2005. In this comprehensive publication, Guy Carpenter specialists assess key issues facing ceding companies as renewals season approaches and provide insights into a wide range of topics, including global property, international casualty, terror risk, workers compensation and much more. | | |
| October 2005 |
| Give Us Some Uniformity! |
Geoffrey Bromley, Chairman of Europe and Asia for Guy Carpenter, questions the cohesiveness of the newer capital adequacy standards for insurers and makes a plea for uniformity.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| September 2005 |
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| September 2005 |
| Keeping Pace with Change |
Sal Zaffino, Guy Carpenter's Chairman and CEO, states that the industry is changing at a record pace, due to a number of recent trends, including increased risks as global values rise, rising catastrophe losses and significant advances in technology. Zaffino also discusses the changes effected by the need for substantial new capital to support the industry and the calls for increased transparency and new contract standards.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| August 2005 |
| Contract Certainty: An Idea Whose Time Has Come |
Geoffrey Bromley, Chairman of Europe and Asia for Guy Carpenter, presents the case for reform and greater contract certainty in the wake of the World Trade Center litigation.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| June 2005 |
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| February 2005 |
| The Indian Ocean Tsunami: Lessons for the Future |
Geoff Bromley, Chairman of Guy Carpenter’s European and Asian operations, discusses the recent Indian Ocean tsunami and the lessons that might be derived from such an event. The article discusses potential ways to prevent such a large loss of life and to promote long-term economic recovery as well as the role that insurance systems play in risk mitigation.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| December 2004 |
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| December 2004 |
| Terror Modeling |
The events of Sept. 11 changed the map of risk forever, as insurers had to develop models for mass destruction caused not by the vagaries of nature but by the malevolence of other human beings.
Source: Contingencies | | |
| November 2004 |
| Guy Carpenter Offers Insights Into Market Conditions in Comprehensive Guide to Renewals |
| As co-sponsor of the 2004 Baden-Baden Meeting, Guy Carpenter collaborated with The Review magazine to publish the Cedant's Guide to Renewals 2004. In this comprehensive publication, Guy Carpenter specialists assess key issues facing ceding companies as renewals season approaches and provide insights into a wide range of topics, including global property, international casualty, terror risk, workers compensation and much more. | | |
| November 2004 |
| Beefing Up |
Today's reinsurance brokers are working to add value for clients with services from catastrophe modeling to credit analysis and portfolio optimization.
Source: Risk & Insurance | | |
| November 2004 |
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| October 2004 |
| Flood Management in Central Europe |
Severe flooding in Europe has led to the development of new computer models, as Jane Toothill and Neil Catford explain.
Source: Risk Transfer Magazine | | |
| October 2004 |
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| September 2004 |
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| September 2004 |
| A Watery Solution |
Jane Toothill and Michel Voronkoff explain the development of the DACH Flood model, and how it highlights the need for better quality exposure data in Europe.
Source: Global Reinsurance | | |
| September 2004 |
| The Rollercoaster Heads Down |
Although reserve pressures remain, softening markets in 2004 may be the result of market competition, explains Edmund Megna.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| Autumn 2004 |
| IQ Roundtable |
Industry experts, including Guy Carpenter's Geoff Bromley, discuss current marketplace conditions and trends at the IQ Roundtable during the 48th annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo.
Source: IQ | | |
| August 2004 |
| Get On Board the Tech Train |
Technological advances have changed the reinsurance industry, but, as Geoffrey Bromley explains, it is still a relationship business.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| June/July 2004 |
| The Real Bottom Line |
Britt Newhouse looks at the real costs involved for (re)insurers when it comes to paying claims.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| June 2004 |
| The Liberalization of India's Insurance Industry |
Clive Baker, Guy Carpenter’s expert on the Indian marketplace, speaks about insurance and reinsurance developments in India since 1999’s Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Act set market liberalization in motion.
Source: Guy Carpenter Views | | |
| Summer 2004 |
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| May 2004 |
| Run-Off is Set for Take-Off |
Geoffrey Bromley considers what makes this a growth industry for the early 21st century.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| April 2004 |
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| April 2004 |
| Are the Clouds Lifting? |
How are global (re)insurers faring in the current climate? Sal Zaffino considers the outlook is not as bad as expected.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| Spring 2004 |
| Leading the Way on D&O |
An industry first: A frequency and severity model for directors' and officers' liability risks.
Source: IQ Magazine | | |
| March 2004 |
| Enjoying the Ride |
Geoffrey Bromley analyzes the recent movement of capital within the reinsurance markets.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| February 2004 |
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| February 2004 |
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| February 2004 |
| Making Progress |
Edmund Megna looks at how the role of the reinsurance intermediary has evolved. What does this mean for (re)insurers?
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| February 2004 |
| Matrix Reloaded |
Jason Groves speaks with Guy Carpenter's managing director of specialty practices David Priebe and discovers that knowledge is treated as a company-wide asset and shared among broking teams the world over.
Source: The Review | | |
| December 2003/January 2004 |
| Exploring New Frontiers |
Sal Zaffino considers the developments made in risk modeling and imagines what the future might hold for this area.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| December 2003 |
| Asbestos and Other Difficult Reinsurance Claims |
Laird Criner, a Guy Carpenter Managing Director with 30 years of experience as an environmental claims consultant, speaks about some of the issues generating difficult reinsurance claims and how he helps clients anticipate and resolve potential coverage disputes.
Source: Guy Carpenter Views | | |
| November 2003 |
| Some Improvements Registered In Casualty Reinsurance Market |
Pricing, capacity, and coverage terms vary among the different segments of the casualty market. Peter Zaffino, head of the Worldwide Casualty Specialty Practice, speaks about 2003 market conditions and some of the possible developments he expects to see going forward.
Source: Guy Carpenter Views | | |
| November 2003 |
| Matters of Concern |
Sal Zaffino examines the problems facing US casualty reinsurers.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| October 2003 |
| Guy Carpenter Experts Address Hot Topics at Key Industry Meetings |
| Articles featuring the views of our experts have been published by Reactions magazine for the Baden-Baden meeting in Germany, as well as the FIDES meeting in the Dominican Republic; and by The Review for NAII in Atlanta. Topics included reinsurance security, motor liability, and storm reinsurance in Germany, among others. | | |
| October 2003 |
| Broadening Your Horizons |
Sal Zaffino considers the importance of diversifying reinsurance placements.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| September 2003 |
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| September 2003 |
| Allocating Capital By Risk Measures - A Systematic Survey |
Managing Director Gary Venter and Senior Vice President John Major discuss a variety of risk measures that can be used in capital allocation, each of which provides a unique way of characterizing the probability distribution of specific financial measures and representing them with a single number.
Source: Guy Carpenter Views | | |
| September 2003 |
| Expect No Surprises |
If current conditions prevail, 2003 looks set to be pretty stable for property catastrophe reinsurance, says Sal Zaffino.
Source: Reinsurance Magazine | | |
| August 2003 |
| Getting [Cat Model] Results and Exploiting Them |
Maya Belubekian of our Instrat® unit explains how a number of approaches to portfolio management for Guy Carpenter's clients represents the next level of catastrophe-model results.
Source: Risk Transfer | | |
| July 2003 |
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| May 2003 |
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| May 2003 |
| Reinsurance Claims Recoverables |
Sal Zaffino, Chaiman and CEO of Guy Carpenter, addresses the issues of "Claims Recoverables" in the reinsurance marketplace.
Source: Guy Carpenter Views | | |
| March 2003 |
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| February 2003 |
| Developments in the European Union's Agricultural Insurance Market |
John Drakeford, Principal and co-head of Guy Carpenter's Global Agricultural Practice, talks about how the private insurance industry can respond to the EU agricultural community's growing demand for sophisticated insurance and reinsurance products and services.
Source: Guy Carpenter Views | | |
| February 15, 2003 |
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| January 2003 |
| Attempting the Impossible |
Now that the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is in place the insurance industry is being forced to do what many people have said is impossible: price terrorism. But finding the right price could be the difference between the Act's success and its failure.
Source: Reactions | | |
| January 15, 2003 |
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