Archive for August, 2012

Bermuda headquartered, hedge fund backed, reinsurer Third Point Reinsurance Company is planning to expand its footprint in the reinsurance marketing with the opening of an office in London’s financial district. Pending regulatory approval, Third Point Re are launching a subsidiary called Third Point Re Marketing (UK) Limited, which they incorporated as a company at the […]

Risk modeller AIR Worldwide has issued an updated estimate for the amount of insured losses they expect from hurricane Isaac. In line with most other estimates, AIR Worldwide say they believe that insured losses from Hurricane Isaac to onshore properties in the U.S. will be between $700 million and $2 billion. The estimate includes wind […]

Yesterday we wrote about the impending payouts from microfinance organisation Fonkoze in Haiti who had told policyholders that they were ready to give all clients in areas hit by intense rain and wind from tropical storm Isaac a $125 payout, forgive their existing loan balance, and give them a new loan when they require it. […]

Investment manager Credit Suisse have said that they expect an impact to one of their insurance-linked security and catastrophe bond funds from the industry losses caused by hurricane Isaac. An event update on Isaac was published today by another investment firm, Dexion Capital, who manage the recently launched DCG Iris ILS fund, which acts as […]

Back in April we wrote about the passing of a new set of laws which have the potential to impact the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market by easing some of the current restrictions on securities advertising, marketing and issuance. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, was signed into law by President […]

Not strictly on-topic for Artemis, but no doubt of great interest to our readers, major buy-outs and mergers in the reinsurance sector are big news as they allow for the movement of capital around the sector and are the end-goal of many investors who commit capital to the reinsurance space. So the news today that […]

While attention is focused on the damage caused by hurricane Isaac when it ploughed into the Louisiana coastline it is easy to forget that before Isaac reached the U.S. the storm caused extensive damage in the Caribbean. The worst affected island appears to have been Haiti, which Isaac struck while a strong tropical storm bringing […]

The world of insurance and reinsurance linked investment opportunities is much bigger than just the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked security funds. There are many ways to put money to work as an interested investor, from funds, to equity plays, to collateralized reinsurers to sidecars. One sidecar vehicle, Bermudian reinsurer RenaissanceRe’s sidecar vehicle DaVinci Re, has […]

Isaac has now been downgraded to a tropical storm once again, with maximum sustained winds of 50mph the storm is continuing to slowly move inland bringing heavy rainfall to many areas. The threat of storm surge is now diminishing and Isaac’s winds are dropping to levels where any damage is unlikely. Isaac has caused extensive […]

Another insurance-linked investments manager has issued a statement regarding hurricane Isaac and any potential impacts from the storm on their portfolio of catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked assets. ILS investment manager LGT Insurance-Linked Strategies are confident at this time that there will be no material impact to any of the cat bonds or financial insurance […]