FAC Comment
Prime steak
10 May 2013
Has Ajit Jain switched to a stronger brand of coffee? Never one to be accused of unexciting plays, his recent moves have been spectacular… Read more
The settlement conundrum
19 April 2013
Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the water... along comes a potential $1bn claim!… Read more
Land of plenty
5 April 2013
There's one number that really stands out at the moment: 505. According to the latest research by Aon Benfield, this is the figure for the billions of dollars of reinsurance capital that currently exists in our market… Read more
Drilling down
22 March 2013
It sure is an interesting year. I've written before about the long-term growth in infrastructure projects which holds out really interesting prospects for support from the fac market, but this week I'd like to focus specifically on energy… Read more
Brave new world
11 March 2013
Well I must say that as I sit typing this in the environs of EC3 in early March it seems that the English winter will never end… Read more
Physical graffiti
11 February 2013
Well, blow me guvnor if the winds of change aren't at last sweeping through the parched and dirty badlands of fac at the moment… Read more
The Other Side
25 January 2013
What do investors do with their money in a low investment return environment? Apart from gold, which seems to be the market to be in at the moment, one of the other favourite ways of deploying capital these days seems to the (re)insurance market… Read more
The Poisoner’s Handbook
11 January 2013
Some of you might be familiar with a film that came out in the mid 1990s called The Young Poisoner's Handbook. The film centres on the so-called British ‘teacup poisoner' Graham Young, who was fascinated from a young age by poisons and their effects… Read more
Time gentlemen, please
4 January 2013
Included in this week's bulletin are details of the $300mn settlement reached between (re)insurers and mining conglomerate BHP Billiton in relation to the 2008 near biblical Australian floods, which severely damaged some of its mines and caused considerable lost production… Read more
Real estate
21 December 2012
Those astute writers who decided to take a punt on US property cat for 2013 must be feeling especially smug at the moment as it seems that this is the only area of the market where we've seen really solid upwards pricing pressure of late, attributable of course to Superstorm Sandy… Read more
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