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Guy Carpenter Experts Comment on Market Issues at Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous

Representatives from companies involved in the insurance and reinsurance industries recently met in Chicago to attend the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America's annual meeting. Three articles appear below that were published in The Review magazine's PCI Daily Newsletter.

Date

Chapter

October 2005

Attracting Capital in a Post-Katrina World

Investor appetite may appear undiminshed but Edmund Megna, Vice Chairman of Guy Carpenter, argues that such bullishness could alter if the industry is unable to raise premiums sufficiently enough to deliver the higher rates of return they will now be demanding.

October 2005

Managing Exposures – The Next Wave

After the 2004 and 2005 storm seasons the industry will need to reassess the way it analyzes its potential losses from catastrophes. Ryan Ogaard, managing director and leader of Instrat, Guy Carpenter's risk and financial modeling group, discusses the increasingly important area of portfolio management.

October 2005

TRIA: The Future Remains Uncertain

Given the highly politicized environment around Hurricane Katrina, TRIA's renewal – whether it happens and what form it takes if renewed – is unpredictable. Paul Knutson, Managing Director and leader of Guy Carpenter's Terror Risk Specialty Practice and Seán Mooney, Chief Economist, consider the possible outcomes.