Archive for March, 2012

The Asian Development Bank has published a report today on the topic of climate change, adaptation and the expected surge in migration that the variations in our climate will likely cause. The report, titled Addressing Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific, highlights that 42 million people in the region were displaced by […]

There’s been a lot of speculation in the last few weeks about the future for the Clariden Leu insurance-linked securities investment management business as the integration of the private banking arm into Credit Suisse neared. CS already had an ILS investment arm and there was some uncertainty as to how the two units could be […]

Our regular readers will be aware that we follow the movement of the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices to see what they can tell us about the movements in pricing of outstanding catastrophe bonds and the general sentiment of the cat bond and insurance-linked securities marketplace. Since the 4th quarter of 2011 the price […]

Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA),  the division of global broker Willis Group which focuses on capital markets products such as insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bonds, as well as advising insurance and reinsurance companies on mergers & acquisitions have announced the appointment of Andrea Bellone as Managing Director of their European unit. Based in London, […]

Chubb’s latest, and fifth, catastrophe bond in the East Lane series of transactions completed and priced last week (more on that here). Now Standard & Poor’s have officially assigned their ratings to the two tranches of notes issued by East Lane Re V Ltd. and the shelf programme and notes have been listed on the […]

It’s been another busy week for news in the markets we discuss on Artemis, with a good range of topics covered. Here are the most popular stories of the last seven days on Artemis, which includes predictions for a bumper year for insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bonds, more details of come of the latest cat […]

Armour Group, a Bermuda based group of insurance, reinsurance and related service companies, have announced the formation and launch of a new insurance-linked investment focused asset manager who aim to target what they see as unique opportunities for uncorrelated returns in the current low-yield environment. ILS Investment Management Limited aim to offer a slightly different […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now considering giving insurers an exemption from the Volcker Rule, which was added as part of Dodd-Frank. The ruling looks to restrict financial institutions from certain types of speculative investment strategies. SEC chairman Mary Schapiro said on Tuesday that they are now considering exempting insurers activities in […]

The Mexican government has decided to triple their investment in disaster insurance coverage for 2012, over the amount the country spent in 2011 according to reports. 3.15 billion pesos, which is nearly $250m has been set aside for investment in disaster insurance to protect the country from climate, weather and catastrophe events.

Thailand’s new catastrophe fund, established in the wake of the catastrophic flooding the country experienced last year, is nearing launch as the Office of Insurance Commission and people responsible for the fund finalise the details  of the scheme. Thai Reinsurance Plc has been tipped to become the manager of the government sponsored cat fund, it […]