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(From Reinsurance)
Byline: Marc Jones.
At some point in the distant future our sun will expand massively and then shrink to a fraction of its former size. Companies in the satellite insurance market can be forgiven for thinking that they already know what that feels like.
During the mid 1990s the market went through the soft part of the insurance cycle, with a large number of insurers chasing a small amount of business.
Rates were low and terms were generous as companies tried to compete.
Rick Hauck, a former astronaut who is now president and chief executive of Axa Space, says: "1995 was a very profitable year for the ...