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Article: A day in the life of Mr. Bryce: Jim Bryce, the CEO of IPC Re Holdings follows the "party" line at the annual September Rendezvous in Monte Carlo. Though the following year's renewals are typically sealed in October in Baden Baden, insurance and reinsurance bigwigs show up just to be sure they don't get left behind.(Special report: alt. risk)
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- Risk & Insurance
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- December 1, 2004
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Jim Bryce emerges from the elevator at the Meridien Beach Plaza Hotel on Monte Carlo's waterfront, and looks at his watch. It reads 7:55 a.m. Wearing slacks and an open-necked shirt, in contrast to his more traditional buttoned-down style, he fits right in with the insurance crowd moving through the lobby. In the principality famed for its leisure pursuits, he is about to embark on the most intense phase of two weeks' work in Europe.
Bryce's experience at Monte Carlo is fairly typical for the central players attending the Rendezvous de Septembre, the reinsurance-focused "meetings in September" that marked their 48th annual incarnation this year. Monte Carlo is ...