Last week’s ILS, catastrophe bond and reinsurance convergence news

Every Wednesday morning we send out our weekly email newsletter which contains every story that you may have missed from the last seven days. You can sign up for the newsletter here. In case you missed anything in the last week, here are all of the news stories and articles we published over the last seven days.

– Forecasters confidence that Atlantic hurricane season will be active increases

– Lancashire appoints new portfolio manager to Capital Management division

– Reinsurance convergence capital puts pressure on renewal pricing at June 1

– AIR: Insured value of coastal U.S. property exceeds $10 trillion

– $1.1 trillion U.S. residential property value exposed to hurricane storm surge

– Flooding in Central Europe a threat to reinsurers

– As risk premiums fall in the catastrophe bond market, expected losses rise

– Residential Reinsurance 2013 cat bond completes, rated and listed

– Growing number of capital markets investors accepting hurricane risk: Fitch

– Insurance-linked securities funds see best April since 2007

– Nicholas Ernst joins Choice Natural Gas as Director of Weather Markets

– Aon Benfield Securities adds Triggs to capital markets team

– EQECAT and RMS to share exposure data schemas

– New hire at Third Point Re to boost capital raising and investor relations

– Reinsurance and cat bonds help Florida Citizens into best financial shape ever

– Southport Re makes the Cayman Islands its home

– NZ Superannuation Fund appoints Leadenhall to $275m insurance-linked mandate

– Insurance rate rises offset capital markets impact on reinsurance, for some

– More peak Florida wind risk hits the private market in another Citizens takeout

– RMS estimates up to $3.5 billion insured losses from Oklahoma tornado

– PCS stays at $18.75 billion industry loss estimate on hurricane Sandy

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