CONTENTS


43 JOINED-UP FIXED INCOME DIVERSIFICATION Dan James of Aviva Investors looks at how global diversified fixed


income can provide a coherent solution in the search for alpha.


44 SHINING A LIGHT ON RUSSIA Intelligent Insurer investigates the challenges facing insurers and


reinsurers in Russia, including the country’s low credit rating and the need to cultivate more underwriting talent.


48 A MATTER OF DEBATE Coverage from a roundtable hosted by Swiss intermediary


Reunion AG, which covered the finer points of insuring industrial construction risk.


50 CELL COMPANY LEGISLATION IN MALTA Cell company legislation in Malta is proving to be an opportunity


for growth and expansion of Malta’s financial services industry, says Dr Angela Thorns of law firm Dingli and Dingli.


52 EARTHQUAKE: THE BIGGEST NATURAL THREAT TO CHINA


China’s rapid economic growth, combined with its propensity to severe earthquakes, makes for a potentially costly and devastating scenario, as Dr Nicolas Georgy of Swiss Re explains.


55 EARTHQUAKE CATASTROPHE MODELLING: MEETING THE CHALLENGES


A combination of recent events and scientific advances means that it is a dynamic time for earthquake catastrophe modelling, with changes occurring rapidly, as Dr Goran Trendafiloski of Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting team explains.


58 WHEN ONE IS NOT ENOUGH As insurers and reinsurers work to put their houses in order in


time for the new regulatory regime that Solvency II will bring, Intelligent Insurer looks back to when the original solvency standards were put in place and why a new regime is needed.


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