1. A method for enabling a cedent associated system, comprising a cedent or a cedent's broker, to negotiate a reinsurance of a risk with a plurality of assumers, wherein the cedent associated system exists within a network that includes a host system interposed between the cedent associated system and a plurality of assumers, wherein the negotiation for reinsurance of the risk is conducted through various stages of negotiation between the cedent associated system and the plurality of assumers, the method comprising: the cedent associated system submitting information for reinsurance of a risk to a host system, the information for reinsurance of the risk including a risk record describing the origin of the risk for which reinsurance is being sought, the submitted information further including a distribution list that specifies a plurality of assumers to receive the submission; the cedent associated system receiving one or more responses to the submission from one or more of the plurality of assumers to whom the submission was conveyed, the received responses indicative of one or more of the plurality of assumers that are interested in negotiating for reinsurance of the risk, wherein each response comprises one of an offer, a counteroffer, a quote, a plurality of alternative quotes, a refusal to quote, or an acceptance of a request to bind; the cedent associated system submitting at least one negotiation reply to the response from one or more of the plurality of assumers; the cedent associated system allowing additional responses and submitting additional replies necessary to continue or conclude the negotiation; the cedent associated system monitoring the information and replies submitted and the responses received; and the cedent associated system receiving access to an interface for viewing a stored negotiation history that includes the submitted information, the one or more responses and at least one negotiation reply.