Study Group: Insurance Run-off Experts(?)

Recent suggestions that the ABX index is a poor proxy for AAA subprime RMBS fail to recognise its value.

If a book of reinsurance business can be purchased for a price that rpresents the present value of estimated future cash flows of that book, it could be a preferred way to buy market share, given that the price of growing in the reinsurance business can include quoting new accounts at less-than-break-even...

If thorough due diligence work is performed, investors could benefit from consolidation due to the benefits of diversification.   A combination of companies  focusing on different  lines  would either free up capital  for other purposes or  lead to a financially stronger...

Now that Florida is retaining a much larger portion of their more predictable catastrophe losses, insurers and reinsurers should be able to buy the high layer coverage they want at affordable prices.  The risk load charged for this high layer coverage would be significantly less than the risk load...

Life expectancies show a surprising degree of variation amongst developed nations.  Circumstantial evidence suggests that the U.K., U.S.A. and Germany have plenty of scope for further increases, compared to similar wealthy nations.  The implication of such increases would be increased cost...