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  Issue #1 3rd Quarter 2008     
Forced to re-focus on Facultative Re

1st half losses in the downstream energy market have rattled insurance and reinsurance markets.
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A rational approach to a not so rational global environment
Food shortages, rising oil prices, political instability, rising inflation, economic uncertainty, increasing calls for regime changes, terrorist threats - you name it, we have it. In an increasingly chaotic world we adopt a scientific, comprehensive
approach to
rating the
risks in 197
countries.

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Post-mortem on the Sub-Prime Crisis
It's a case study in Enterprise Risk Management
gone wrong. Will banks ever learn?

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Disability coverage: Beyond token insurance
Disability Income insurance today represents the cutting edge in employee benefits.
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Watch out for that hedge fund sucker punch!
Despite being a victim, Sylvester
Stallone was taken to court in 2006 to return the $1.3 million profit he made out of his investment.
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Why Vietnam is exciting
The insurance component of this emerging market's GDP is just 2%. Compare this to South Korea's 14% insurance market share.
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Rise in Resource Nationalism
The shift in the global economic equation towards resource-rich countries necessarily entails a new set of risks that need to be fully understood if the pitfalls of operating overseas are to be avoided.
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