AIG

Insurance giant American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has consolidated its assumed reinsurance business operations under a new combined entity named AIG Re and has hired Christopher Schaper to lead it, including the ILS fund operations of AlphaCat Managers.

Insurance technology (insurtech) and insurance-linked securities (ILS) start-up Ledger Investing has successfully completed its first transaction, directly securitizing a portfolio of non-standard passenger auto insurance between an MGA and the AIG-owned ILS fund manager AlphaCat.

Insurer American International Group (AIG) is likely to continue to acquire increasing amounts of reinsurance protection, as it utilises reinsurance capital as a lever for performance improvements across its book and is already approaching reinsurer markets about new opportunities in the second-half of this year.

American International Group, Inc. (AIG), one of the world’s largest insurers, will now also benefit from a specialist reinsurance arm and its own insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund manager, as it closes on the Validus acquisition so adds the AlphaCat Managers ILS unit to its operations.

The acquisition of Bermudian reinsurance group Validus Holdings, Ltd. by primary insurance giant American International Group, Inc. (AIG) will provide the AlphaCat Managers ILS investment team with access to a much deeper and broader universe of insurance risk, the unit believes.

AIG’s Brian Duperreault is “very positive” about the growth potential for AlphaCat Managers following the company’s proposed $5.56 billion takeover of Validus Holdings, underlining the “tremendous” potential for upside.

Insurance giant American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is set to acquire Bermudian reinsurance group Validus Holdings, Ltd., in a deal that has just been announced and will see AIG taking control of Validus’ third-party capital and ILS investment management unit AlphaCat Managers.

Insurance firm AIG has reset its most recent multi-peril catastrophe bond, Tradewynd Re Ltd. (Series 2014-1), at a slightly higher probability of attachment for the second risk period, resulting in a slight increase in the risk interest spread paid to investors.

The pricing on American International Group’s (AIG) latest catastrophe bond transaction, Tradewynd Re Ltd. (Series 2014-1), has settled at the mid-point of guidance on one tranche of notes and below it on the other two.

According to market sources, Tradewynd Re Ltd. (Series 2014-1), the latest catastrophe bond issuance to be sponsored by global insurance firm American International Group (AIG), has increased in size by 67% to now offer $500m of notes to investors.