Global Reinsurance

Infobox Magazine
title = Global Reinsurance


image_size = 150x210 px
editor = Helen Yates
editor_title = Editor
frequency = Monthly
circulation = 9,278
category = Financial publication
company = Newsquest
publisher = Newsquest Specialist Media
firstdate = 1990
country = UK
language = English
website = [http://www.globalreinsurance.com globalreinsurance.com]
issn = 1358-7420|

Global Reinsurance (GR) is a financial magazine for insurance and reinsurance professionals.

History

Global Reinsurance magazine was formed in 1990 by The Winchester Group, a publishing company based in Essex. The original editor was John Burke who was also editor-in-chief of The Square Mile.

The magazine was, according to the original editions, formed "following its inception at the Rendez-vous de Septembre 1990." The magazine went quarterly in 1991, with an average issue weighing in at 230 pages. Most articles were contributed by industry, with a few penned by Burke and other journalists.

The magazine was acquired by Southern Magazines, which in turn was acquired by Newsquest Specialist Media. Newsquest is ultimately owned by US media giant Gannett.

Global Reinsurance is now published 10 times a year and distributed to an audience of over 9,000 paid-for and requested subscribers. Average page count per month is 56 pages.

Helen Yates has been the Editor since 2006, following Nigel Allen's retirement from the magazine. Alex McLachlan has been publisher since September 2007 following the departure of Suzanne Hirst. He is also the publisher of Strategic Risk magazine.

Contents

A news section ("Global Matters") covers the latest stories from the reinsurance world. All stories are broken on the GR website first and are then fleshed out for the magazine by the team of journalists and freelancers. Sandwiched in between the news and features is the industry comment section - Industry Matters. Here four members of the industry share their commentary on topical matters every month.

Each issue of GR fits in around 13 features. These are written by both journalists and the industry itself. Recent topics that articles have covered include: cat bonds, the reinsurance cycle, weather derivatives, subprime fallout, TRIA, EU competition report, technology and plans for a US catastrophe fund in the US.

Each month's issue also includes a report summarising the results from the survey which is conducted online and draws from a survey base of around 200 readers. Each survey respondent is treated anonymously, apart from their email address (optional) which is used to mail them a PDF copy of the results before the article is published.

The magazine also features the CEO Q&A - a slightly more informal interview with company leaders from and around the reinsurance industry. Recent interviees include: Hans-Peter Gerhardt (Paris Re), Michael O'Halleran (Aon Re Global), Jim Bryce (IPC Re), David Priebe (Guy Carpenter) and Robin Spencer-Arscott (Cyrus Re).

External links

* [http://www.globalreinsurance.com/ Official Global Reinsurance website]
* [http://www.strategicrisk.co.uk Sister publication Strategic Risk]
* [http://www.instimes.co.uk Sister publication Insurance Times]