Aaron Bueler, Global Head of Workers Compensation Specialty and Emil Metropoulos, Senior Vice President of Casualty Specialty
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Sudden natural disasters such as the tragic Tohoku earthquake in March are not the only catastrophes that can impact insurers’ balance sheets and policyholder surplus. Such well publicized natural catastrophes only account for about 10 percent of insurers’ notable capital and surplus impairments triggering regulatory action and concern . Of the remaining 90 percent, by far the single largest cause of impairments over the past 40 years (1969-2009) emanated from inadequate pricing and deficient loss reserves — resulting in approximately 40 percent of the cases.

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Modeling Capabilities in Europe:  Insurance-related catastrophe modeling has undergone a constant evolutionary drive for the past 25 years. The impetus behind the development of cat models began with the realization that large-scale events needed tracking to provide better means of managing insurance exposures to natural disasters.

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Casualty Catastrophe Implications of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Release Disaster:  There has been no shortage of media coverage and discussion of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and attendant insurance implications. The media has reported up to 300 lawsuits filed against BP and other defendants involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil release disaster.

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Guy Carpenter’s CasCat® Named “Insurance Initiative of the Year”: Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC announced that its CasCat® model has been named “Insurance Initiative of the Year” at the Insurance Day 2010 London Market Awards. The annual awards, presented December 2 at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, are selected by a distinguished panel of independent judges and recognize outstanding work in the London (re)insurance market.

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Solvency II Update: QIS5 Windstorm Scenarios Are Within Range of Industry Models: European insurers and reinsurers will face requirements for full compliance with the new Solvency II capital regime requirements in just over two years. Even if this introduction is phased in - as the European Commission has reportedly indicated it could be - these requirements will have a wide-ranging and profound impact on the insurance industry throughout Europe.

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Modeling the Impact of a Casualty Catastrophe: Look no further than today’s headlines to see how a single catastrophic event or lawsuit can have far-reaching effects. Over the past few years, several incidents, seemingly isolated, have ballooned into cross-border, cross-industry and cross-business line catastrophes. Chain reactions of liability - such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Chinese Drywall product recall - have led insurers to ask: How do I assess the impact of a major legal liability catastrophe on my portfolio? And it’s not just the industry waiting for an answer: stockholders, analysts, rating agencies and regulators are listening, too.

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Here are the top ranked GCCapitalIdeas stories covering Casualty Catastrophe that appeared in 2010.

Casualty Catastrophe Implications of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Release Disaster: There has been no shortage of media coverage and discussion of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and attendant insurance implications. The media has reported up to 300 lawsuits filed against BP and other defendants involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil release disaster.

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Guy Carpenter’s CasCat® Named “Insurance Initiative of the Year”: Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC announced that its CasCat® model has been named “Insurance Initiative of the Year” at the Insurance Day 2010 London Market Awards. The annual awards, presented December 2 at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, are selected by a distinguished panel of independent judges and recognize outstanding work in the London (re)insurance market.

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Modeling Capabilities in Europe: Insurance-related catastrophe modeling has undergone a constant evolutionary drive for the past 25 years. The impetus behind the development of cat models began with the realization that large-scale events needed tracking to provide better means of managing insurance exposures to natural disasters.

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Modeling the Impact of a Casualty Catastrophe: Look no further than today’s headlines to see how a single catastrophic event or lawsuit can have far-reaching effects. Over the past few years, several incidents, seemingly isolated, have ballooned into cross-border, cross-industry and cross-business line catastrophes. Chain reactions of liability - such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Chinese Drywall product recall - have led insurers to ask: How do I assess the impact of a major legal liability catastrophe on my portfolio? And it’s not just the industry waiting for an answer: stockholders, analysts, rating agencies and regulators are listening, too.

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Guy Carpenter Earns Top Honors at Worldwide Reinsurance Awards: Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the leading global risk and reinsurance specialist and part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, was honored with two major accolades at The Review magazine’s prestigious Worldwide Reinsurance Awards 2010. For the fourth consecutive year, Guy Carpenter won the award for “Reinsurance Broking Team of the Year” as well as the coveted “Re/Insurance Initiative of the Year” award for developing CasCat®, the insurance industry’s first casualty catastrophe model.

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(Re)Insurance Innovation: Committing to the Leading Edge, Part III: Get in the Game Early: Those who invest in and prioritize research and development - and introduce new tools and ideas - benefit from more than just the prestige of being first. Early movers define the standard to which others will have to adapt later. They shape the development of innovation, and thus its evolution, as it moves from a radically new idea to an accepted marketplace practice. In possessing this control, they hold the upper hand over their competitors, which become weighted with the burdens of the catch-up clamor.

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Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC announced that its CasCat® model has been named “Insurance Initiative of the Year” at the Insurance Day 2010 London Market Awards. The annual awards, presented December 2 at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, are selected by a distinguished panel of independent judges and recognize outstanding work in the London (re)insurance market.

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Emil Metropoulos, Senior Vice President
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There has been no shortage of media coverage and discussion of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and attendant insurance implications. The media has reported up to 300 lawsuits filed against BP and other defendants involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil release disaster.

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Claude Lefebvre, Head of GC Analytics European Operations
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Insurance-related catastrophe modeling has undergone a constant evolutionary drive for the past 25 years. The impetus behind the development of cat models began with the realization that large-scale events needed tracking to provide better means of managing insurance exposures to natural disasters.

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David Lewin, Managing Director
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Look no further than today’s headlines to see how a single catastrophic event or lawsuit can have far-reaching effects. Over the past few years, several incidents, seemingly isolated, have ballooned into cross-border, cross-industry and cross-business line catastrophes. Chain reactions of liability — such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Chinese Drywall product recall — have led insurers to ask: How do I assess the impact of a major legal liability catastrophe on my portfolio? And it’s not just the industry waiting for an answer: stockholders, analysts, rating agencies and regulators are listening, too.

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Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the leading global risk and reinsurance specialist and part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, was honored with two major accolades at The Review magazine’s prestigious Worldwide Reinsurance Awards 2010. For the fourth consecutive year, Guy Carpenter won the award for “Reinsurance Broking Team of the Year” as well as the coveted “Re/Insurance Initiative of the Year” award for developing CasCat®, the insurance industry’s first casualty catastrophe model.

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Chris McKeown, CEO of Global Analytical and Specialty Practices
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Those who invest in and prioritize research and development — and introduce new tools and ideas — benefit from more than just the prestige of being first. Early movers define the standard to which others will have to adapt later. They shape the development of innovation, and thus its evolution, as it moves from a radically new idea to an accepted marketplace practice. In possessing this control, they hold the upper hand over their competitors, which become weighted with the burdens of the catch-up clamor.

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David Lewin, Managing Director
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Indications of an economic recovery and fairly flat renewal are already beginning to obscure the experience of the past year. For professional liability insurers, this is particularly disconcerting, for even as balance sheets grow stronger, the implications of the largest casualty catastrophe in more than 70 years are still unfolding. The lawsuits and claims may take years to resolve, suggesting that the effects of September 2008 will be with us for quite a while. As the situation develops, professional liability insurers should use what they learn to revisit accumulations in their portfolios and take action to protect their capital — and shareholder value — from future worldwide chain reactions of liability exposure.

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