Current Issues in General Insurance

One-day seminar, Monday 26 April 2004 at the Barbican Centre

The papers below were presented at the one-day Current Issues in General Insurance seminar held at the Barbican Centre on Monday 26 April 2004.

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Time Title and Speaker
09.50

 

Update on Certificate in Practical Financial Economics [pdf]
Neil Hilary, The Actuarial Profession
Slides [pdf]

10.05

 

Update from the Current Issues Committee [pdf]
Laurence Townley, Zurick (London) Ltd
Slides [pdf]

10.45

 

Update on CP190 [pdf]
Wendy Hawes, Financial Services Authority
Slides [pdf]
 
11.45 Choice of Breakout Sessions:
Session A 

 

The UK liability crises [pdf]
Richard Bulmer, Watson Wyatt
Slides [pdf]

Session B   

 

Reinsurance pricing issues [pdf]
Matthew Maguire, Atrium Underwriting plc
Slides [pdf]

Session D    

 

Current issues in the Irish Insurance Market [pdf]
David O'Connor, Tillinghast Towers Perrin
Slides [pdf]

12.35

 

Fair value accounting [pdf]
Martin White, Equitas Management Services Ltd
Slides [pdf]
See also: paper presented at the 2003 GIRO Convention, International Accounting Standards, by the Fair Value Working Party (pdf, 54 kb)

14.10 Choice of Breakout Sessions
Session A 

 

The UK liability crises [pdf]
Richard Bulmer, Watson Wyatt
Slides [pdf]

Session B     

 

Reinsurance pricing issues [pdf]
Matthew Maguire, Atrium Underwriting plc
Slides [pdf]

Session C  

 

Latest developments in US and European asbestos claims [pdf]
Darren Michaels, Tillinghast-Towers Perrin
Slides [pdf]

15.00

 

Operational risk [pdf]
Gregory Overton, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Slides [pdf]

16.00

 

Current issues at Lloyd's of London [pdf]
Henry Johnson, Lloyd's of London
Slides [pdf]

16.40

 

The London Market Pricing Cyle [pdf]
Nicholas Line, Markel International
Slides [pdf]



 
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