Archive for July, 2013

Pension funds are one of the fastest growing sources of capital in insurance-linked securities and reinsurance-linked investments, read our article on this from earlier this week. The pension funds of the world command a huge amount of assets and as they increase their appetite for alternative investments, the reinsurance and catastrophe risk investment space is […]

The DCG Iris insurance linked security and reinsurance -linked investment fund has issued another 1.17m shares to investors in the latest round of its share placement programme. The shares have been issued at a price of 100.5p, raising the ILS fund a further £1.18m to invest in reinsurance-linked investments, ILS and catastrophe bonds via the […]

Third Point Re, the Bermuda domiciled reinsurer established with the backing of Thid Point LLC hedge fund owner Dan Loeb, has now filed the paperwork for its expected initial public offering (IPO). The IPO will see Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. seek to raise $250m, or more, in an offering of shares designed to help it […]

One of the interesting features of the catastrophe bond market in 2013 was the trend earlier this year that saw secondary cat bond market prices rise through February, March and April. This was triggered at first by lower than expected first-quarter cat bond issuance but spreads continued to tighten right up to May, helping catastrophe […]

Pension funds allocating capital to insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance-linked investment strategies, as a way to find sources of yield with low-correlation to broader financial markets, is becoming a mainstream topic. However the numbers show that this trend has a long way to go and right now it is still early days for pension funds […]

The catastrophe bond market in 2013 has seen a number of firsts, as new-found flexibility, reduced pricing and near-record levels of issuance make this year one of the most eventful on record for the cat bond market. Now another new sponsor is coming to market with a new peril, in the form of the first […]

The news flow from the reinsurance convergence market continues to increase, with 21 new articles on Artemis in the last week. As always, you can read every market news story and article here on the Artemis news blog, subscribe to our weekly email newsletter updates and for your convenience here are the ten most popular […]

The increasing flow of new capital into insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralized reinsurance markets benefitted reinsurance buyers at the recent June and July mid-year reinsurance market renewals, according to the latest market outlook report from reinsurance broker Aon Benfield.

The story of the Mariah Re Ltd. catastrophe bonds is not over yet. The two severe thunderstorm cat bond issuances by the Mariah Re Ltd. special purpose vehicle were both stricken by one of  the worst U.S. tornado seasons on record in 2011, causing both series of cat bond notes issued by Mariah Re to […]

Twelve Capital, the Zurich, Switzerland based independent investment manager which specialises in managing portfolios of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and subordinated insurance company bonds, has announced the addition of a new Partner responsible for risk management at the firm.