All Cat Bonds articles
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NewsPool Re makes £100m third catastrophe bond placement
Great Britain’s terrorism reinsurance fund continues to explore insurance linked securities for its retro placements, this time to the tune of $100m, with the assistance of Aon and Howden.
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NewsGAM Investments and Swiss Re strike ILS partnership
Swiss Re will co-manage GAM’s ILS funds, including around $3bn in assets under management.
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NewsGeneva Association releases cyber risk transfer progress report
A new paper from the industry body provides analysis about the challenges facing the cyber re/insurance market, through traditional underwriting and alternative risk transfer.
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NewsAon names Schultz as global vice chair of reinsurance
Richard Pennay is to replace Paul Schultz as the CEO of Aon Securities, the broker’s ILS arm.
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NewsILS pipeline from NGO cat bonds and even casualty 'baby steps' – Aon Securies’ Schultz
A lack of Atlantic Hurricane storm activity, with no major US hurricanes making landfall to trouble re/insurance markets since Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall in Southeast Texas on July 8.
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NewsReinsurance buyers adding to cat limits in 2024 – Guy Carpenter
The reinsurance broker put out a note saying there had been “meaningful additional catastrophe limit purchased” already this year.
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NewsSmooth 1/1 helped by reinsurer profits, higher pricing across retro and primary markets
Global reinsurance capital surpassed $635bn at the nine-month point of 2023, according to Aon.
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NewsRecalibration at mid-year 2023 renewals – Guy Carpenter
Property pricing saw continued risk-adjusted rate increases in many segments at 1 July renewals, which also benefitted from “improved timing and concurrence around T&Cs”, Guy Carpenter reported.
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NewsHard market dampens ILS investor appetite - AM Best
Sentiment among some ILS managers is that the supply of capital will remain tepid for some time
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NewsCAT to the rescue: Govts, insurers must issue cat bonds for citizens’ financial protection from weather events
What it means for Indians, rich or middle class or poor, is that with cat bonds both insurers and governments will have more financial heft to insure better off citizens or aid poorer citizens.
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NewsSCOR: Why Cat Bonds remain attractive, despite the high number of natural catastrophes
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is coming to an end. With 28 named storms, 12 of which developed into hurricane status, 2020 is now tied with 2005 for the highest number of storms in a single season.
