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LATESTILS, cat bond & reinsurance capital news
Lloyd’s ILS platform to reduce frictional cost of investor access: Clifford Chance
Brazil’s regulator targeting ILS for the right (domestic) reasons
Hiscox lifts pandemic BI estimate by $48m net of reinsurance after Court decision
UK court substantially upholds pandemic business interruption judgement
Business interruption test case, COVID wave lockdowns & reinsurance exposure
Catastrophe bonds “gained in importance” in 2020, says Fitch
Elementum launches higher risk ILS strategy with investor mandate
Lloyd’s must “learn how to walk” before expanding ILS activities: CFO Keese
Convex lifts capital to $3.2bn, adding $500m from investor Sixth Street
Lloyd’s vehicle “reaffirms ILS potential of the London Market” – Perez, Horseshoe
Cat Bond & ILS Market Stats
2020 ISSUANCE
$16.4 billion.
OUTSTANDING MARKET
$46.36 billion.
Latest Catastrophe Bonds
Issuer | $ |
Vitality Re XII 2021 | $200m |
Sierra 2021-1 | $150m |
Bellemeade Re 2020-4 | $321m |
Easton Re 2020-1 | $150m |
Mystic Re IV 2021-1 | $300m |
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Q4 2020 Market Report – Busy fourth-quarter completes record cat bond year
Catastrophe bond and ILS issuance reached a staggering $6 billion in Q4 2020. This is almost $3.5 billion above the ten-year average for the quarter, and the only time in the market’s history that fourth-quarter issuance has reached this level.
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Read our reporting, insight and analysis of the main reinsurance renewals, when a large proportion of global reinsurance program terms are renewed and repriced. Reinsurance rates have responded to recent catastrophe losses, but ongoing pressure from the weight of reinsurance capital moderated rises. Read our reinsurance renewal coverage here.
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