tailieunhanh - Global Market Survey 2007:

When Global Broker decided to undertake its market leader's survey the aim was to give the market a chance to have its say on whom it believes are the best in the business | SPECIAL REPORT MARKET LEADERS AND THE WINNERS ARE. Who do you think leads the market Global Broker reveals the winners of its Market Leaders 2007 survey When Global Broker decided to undertake its market leaders survey the aim was to give the market a chance to have its say on whom it believes are the best in the business. The survey asked brokers to rate the underwriters they deal with and asked underwriters to give their views on the brokers. The market is diverse and dynamic and as such the categories below could easily have numbers in the tens. Given Clobal Broker s international outlook the survey looks at some of the bigger business classes and also allows underwriters and brokers to have their say on two very important sectors which sen e the industry rating agencies and law firms. The legal teams which represent the market have a key role to play as rising claims costs and regulation continue to affect the industry and those who work within it. For some time the rating agencies have been the subject of debate over the growing influence of the financial credit ratings on the fortunes of the underwriters. As such Clobal Broker felt it was time to give the market a simple choice who they rate when it comes to the rating firms. Those who completed the survey were free to choose who they thought merits the title of market leader . The survey was undertaken by an independent and professional research company to ensure the results were independent of any external views or influence. Which broker do you believe leads the market in facultative reinsurance business 1st Aon Guy Carpenter 3rd . Benfield 4th . . Willis 5th Cooper Gay It is indicative that of all the classes surveyed only one resulted in a dead heat for first place. Facultative reinsurance is booming and has not been out of the news in the past year for the hectic rounds of positioning undertaken by brokers as they sought to compete. Unsurprisingly given the investment made by Aon over the past year it .