October 2008

• What is behind the German insurance market's change in approach to its run-off?
• What are the significant legal implications for German insurers looking to transfer or restructure their run-off portfolios?
• A report on the wide range of views within the German insurance market as to how run-off should be handled;
• How the German run-off service provider GLOBAL Re came into existence and the implications for the rest of the market.

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October 2008

"This valuable survey is now something of an institution. Observers of the legacy insurance and reinsurance market (and it is indeed a market, with an ever-increasing volume of trading in its commodities) have charted, through its meticulous and detailed annual analysis of the volume and characteristics of discontinued UK non-life business, the waxing and now the apparent waning of the run-off sector. For a view of the history of UK run-off, an analysis of its current state and an educated look at future trends, the KPMG Run-Off Survey – Non-Life is without rival".
Philip Grant
Chairman, ARC


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Run-Off Newsletter - July 2008

This newsletter on transfers of business in Ireland is the first in a series in which Clyde & Co will be setting out the results of their research through a number of European correspondents into how the Reinsurance Directive operates in their countries, with a particular focus on the process for transferring portfolios of business.

April 2008

Amendments to Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA"):

Clarification of the Court's powers in relation to the transfer of reinsurance and other contracts;

Notification of reinsurers whose reinsurance contracts are subject to a Part VII transfer;

Former Underwriting Members of the Lloyd's insurance market;

Timetable for reform.

April 2008

WASA v Lexington: Has recovering from reinsurers become easier?

FSA discussion on new arrangements for Part VII transfer; 

Transfers of insurance business and former Names; 

Implementation of the Reinsurance Directive.

January 2008

• ARC Awards;
• Implementation of the Reinsurance Directive in the UK;
• Issues to look out for under the Reinsurance Directive;
  Deutsche Ruck transfers run-off to the UK.