Archive for July, 2011

It’s been apparent for some months that the catastrophe bond market stalled during the second quarter as a result of the impact of the Japanese earthquake and the uncertainty caused by changes to U.S. hurricane risk models. At the start of this year the market was feeling positive about the prospects for growth as the […]

It’s the 1st of July so expect a flurry of posts about the reinsurance renewals season from us over the next few days. Guy Carpenter have released their renewals report this morning and it contains a little insight into how the industry loss warranty market and reinsurance prices are moving at the renewals.