Without long-term, paid-up capital, it is hard to write multi-year policies, let alone to organise insurance-backed bond issues or derivatives.

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As The Economist points out, it is the second multi-billion dollar write down in successive quarters.

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Kane, who previously wrote and directed This Year's Love, says it took him around five months to write the multi-layered script - longer than he would have liked.

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