Welcome to PartnerRe ViewPoint, where PartnerRe’s management provides commentary on current topics that are relevant to the primary and reinsurance market. This on-going series takes an in-depth look at the market drivers and issues that impact our cedants, brokers and our peers, and allows our audience to share their point of view.
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Withstanding Shock Losses: How the capital markets and reinsurance markets respond to shock losses
By Patrick Thiele
President and CEO of PartnerRe Ltd.
The (re)insurance industry is a step ahead of the game when it comes to learning the hard lessons arising out of the current "credit crunch." As experts in risk assumption and management, (re)insurers are wise to some of the pitfalls around the dangers of packaging and selling of risk that have beset the sub-prime mortgage market. Yet, as the capital markets and reinsurance markets continue to converge, the industry would do well to keep some of those hard-won truths in mind.
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Making Hard Choices in Soft Markets: Managing pricing cyclicality
By Costas Miranthis
Deputy CEO, PartnerRe Global
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Cycles
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September 2007
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Strength in Product Diversity: The convergence of catastrophe reinsurance and the capital markets
By Ted Dziurman
Head of Catastrophe
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Capital Markets: CAT Bonds
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September 2007
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Taking Risks to Achieve Stability: How investment risk enhances financial strength
By Albert Benchimol
EVP and Chief Financial Officer,
PartnerRe Ltd.
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Asset Risk
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September 2007
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