All ILS articles
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NewsProperty cat retrenchment is improving market ‘stability’
Most large European players remain committed to cat business, but are moving away from lower layers of protection - AM Best
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US insurers have minimal investment in ILS and cat bonds - AM Best
Just five companies accounting for 70% of industry investments, despite significant growth of alternative market
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Reinsurance pricing correction ‘unavoidable’ - Hannover Re
Large loss trend, pandemic and rising inflation require further improvements in prices and conditions, insists reinsurer
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Lockton Re launches Lockton Re Capital Markets
Bankers and brokers will be ’solution agnostic’ as LRCM seeks to access broader pools of capital
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Cyber newcos are seeding the pipeline, reveals AM Best
There is significant opportunity to innovate as the risk landscape evolves, but reinsurers are taking a more conservative approach to risk
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Cat bond market grows to $36 billion - Aon
If current activity levels continue, ILS market issuance figures could rival the record calendar year issuance in 2021
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Rise of the underdog
David Howden has long had ambitions to be a top player in reinsurance broking, and he is finally in a position to take on the ‘Big Three’
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TigerRisk expands ILS team
Based in New York, Mitchell Rosenberg will report to Philipp Kusche, Global Head of ILS & Capital Solutions.
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WTW appoints Conway to head Ecosystem Resilience practice
She was Lead Climate Finance Negotiator for the US delegation to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Lloyd’s receives approval for second PCC
The second London Bridge PCC (LB2) will offer a number of extensions in the coverages it can write
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Swiss Re launches ILS advisory subsidiary
The company offers investment management services, with a particular focus on catastrophe bonds
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Howden launches dedicated capital markets business
Mary O’Connor will lead the new unit, joining from KPMG where she was acting CEO
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Buyers faced “near-perfect storm” at 1 July
Alternative capital set for robust year as traditional capital decreases, states Aon
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Lloyd’s MGA Aura launches parametric solution for the Caribbean
Pay-outs are based on the hurricane category that intersects the insured’s radius location (typically 40 miles)
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Miller grows Bermuda ILS team
Duda joins from Markel, where he led the retro management team and worked on the launch of Lodgepine Capital
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Leadenhall promotes Volpi to deputy CEO
The ’succession planning’ move does not suggest Luca Albertini is stepping down
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Heritage details cat reinsurance program
Reinsurance to Assist Policyholders (RAP) program unnecessary despite ’deteriorating capacity for Florida risk’
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Peak Re places $150m Black Kite Re cat bond
It is the largest and first 144A catastrophe bond issued from Hong Kong
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SCOR sponsors $240m cat bond
Vehicle offers multi-year protection against named storms in the US, earthquakes in the US and Canada, and European windstorms
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Breslin to head up Lockton Re Capital Markets
Zach Breslin was most recently managing director, Aon Securities in New York
