Adopting a more quantitative approach allows us to structure and place risks which fall outside the remit of the conventional market.

Managing the interplay of financial elements which drive a risk carrier's ultimate return to shareholders is becoming ever more complex and requires increasingly sophisticated use of capital.

Our dedicated team – which includes specialists drawn from a number of relevant disciplines – has the knowledge, the support services and the experience to assist customers to access traditional and non traditional-sources of capital with confidence.

In addition to supporting customers' underwriting activities, the team can also assist with wider issues such as reinsurance recoverable credit risk, strategies for dealing with prior-year liabilities and non-core exposures, liquidity and solvency management (as we move into a risk-based regulatory environment and fair-value accounting regime) and the maintenance of security ratings.

Fundamental to our offering is our skill in understanding each customer's key business drivers from both a qualitative and quantitative perspective. By blending our expertise with the diverse skills within Aon Benfield Analytics and the wider Aon Benfield, the team develops solutions that achieve a beneficial balance of risk and reward.

The result is reinsurance protection that is both effective and efficient.