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Cedant's Guide to Renewals 2005

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 Hurricane Katrina, casualty lines, retro market and much more. A separate PDF is available for each chapter in the table below. If you prefer the entire report as one PDF, click here.

Date Chapter
October 2005
Introduction
By Jason Groves, editor of The Review.
October 2005
Chapter 1: Hurricane Katrina - Reinsurer Impact
Clifford Rich assesses the impact for reinsurers of the worst ever insured loss and what it means for this year's renewal season.
October 2005
Chapter 2: TRIA
Paul Knutson and Dr. Seán Mooney assess the chances of TRIA being renewed before the end of the year in the wake of two hurricanes and look at what a post-TRIA world might look like.
October 2005
Chapter 3: Property Market
Katrina is a market changing event and the impact will be felt across many areas of the property market, says Guy Carpenter's Property Specialty Practice.
October 2005
Chapter 4: Casualty Lines
The overall loss of capital to the industry as a result of Katrina is not expected to lead to a severe shortage of casualty reinsurance capacity says Andrew Marcell.
October 2005
Chapter 5: Contracts and Claims
A number of issues were raised in the wake of Hurricane Katrina from the question of what constitutes a flood to the question of regulatory intervention. Myra Lobel says it will give impetus to the drive for greater contract certainty.
October 2005
Chapter 6: Finite Reinsurance
With finite reinsurance at the forefront of the agendas of regulators, accounting authorities and ratings agencies worldwide, knowing how much risk transfer must take place in a contract is vital says David Lightfoot and Dr. Frank Achtert.
October 2005
Chapter 7: Retro Market
Hurricane Katrina consumed a large amount of capital but the retrocessional market now needs to generate new capital and new entrants if it is to meet the industry's needs says Adrian Stewart.
October 2005
Chapter 8: Solvency II
Solvency II is coming, bringing a sea change in the way European Union insurance companies will defend their capital adequacy and risk management capabilities to regulators says David Lightfoot.
October 2005
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