Q. What has become an inadequate option for reinsurers due to the availability of cheap capacity in the catastrophe reinsurance market?What has compelled intermediaries in the reinsurance market to identify new ways and opportunities for business?

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Q. Which of the following is NOT a new or enhanced product/service that brokers have turned to in order to attract new clients?

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Q. Why do smaller independent reinsurance brokers find it challenging to keep up financially?

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Q. What is the main reason for the establishment of subsidiaries by certain companies involved in reinsurance?

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Q. Which region has its own well-developed reinsurance market, where the professional reinsurers generally do not operate?

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Q. How do the majority of professional reinsurance companies operate in relation to their parent insurers?

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Q. How do specialist reinsurers typically accept business from ceding companies?

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Q. What is the strategic approach of GIC Re in expanding its presence in the reinsurance market?

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Q. Which regions does GIC Re primarily target for inward overseas reinsurance premium?

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Q. What is GIC Re's objective regarding the proportion of domestic to overseas inward reinsurance business?

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Q. How does GIC Re handle the obligatory cessions received from non-life insurers in India?

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Q. How do underwriting agencies in the London market operate?

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Q. What is the primary reason for captive companies to broaden their sphere of activities?

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Q. Where are the majority of captive insurers located?

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Q. Which of the following is not usually a location for captive insurers?

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Q. What role does the captive insurance business play in the reinsurance market?

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Q. Which geographical locations have sought to encourage offshore reinsurance with operational and tax freedoms?

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Q. Which geography is emerging as a reinsurance center for the Far East?

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Q. What is the primary reason for Bermuda's growth as a market for international insurance and reinsurance companies?

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Q. How much of the world's reinsurance premiums do insurers and reinsurers in Bermuda write?

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