Archive for March, 2011

Amlin announced its preliminary results for 2010 yesterday. Natural catastrophes had a big impact on the group with annual income down by half due to major losses incurred from the earthquakes in Chile and New Zealand totalling £204m. Despite the demanding year Amlin have continued to use insurance-linked securities both as an investment and a […]

In our latest interview we spoke with William Dubinsky, Managing Director, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA). WCMA is the division of global broker Willis Group which focuses on advising insurance and reinsurance companies on mergers & acquisitions, as well as a broad array of capital markets products. WCMA is a growing area of their […]

Swiss Re, the global reinsurer, have issued a press release detailing their estimated claims cost from the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake on 22nd February. The final insured loss won’t be known for some time and the final impact on reinsurance rates in New Zealand is yet to become clear, although likely to rise.

Munich Re is seeking to issue a new catastrophe bond under an Irish special purpose vehicle, Queen Street II Capital Ltd. This is Munich Re’s second Queen Street cat bond transaction, they issued €170m of catastrophe bonds under Queen Street Ltd. in March 2008. That was a three year deal so it’s expected that this new […]

Pension funds have been showing an increasing level of interest in the investment opportunity offered by the insurance-linked securities market in recent months. With many dedicated ILS and catastrophe bond investment boutiques now offering an easy way for a pension fund to invest in the asset class this interest is expected to grow and as […]

Risk Management Solutions has released a major update to its U.S. hurricane risk model which includes new datasets and developments which it says will help to advance the industry’s view of hurricane risk. The model now includes ten times more offshore wind data since the last upgrade in 2003.

WeatherBill, the high profile technology focused provider of weather risk solutions for industries such as farming, have secured a new round of funding to help them grow their business and target the global agriculture industry for growth.