Archive for November, 2015

Fully collateralized Cayman domiciled reinsurance company Oxbridge Re was hit in the third-quarter by declines on the value of securities in its investment portfolio, demonstrating that it’s not just hedge fund backed companies that suffered.

A catalyst for the growth of insurance-linked securities (ILS) in the property catastrophe reinsurance sector is the capabilities of third-party modelling, but a lack of predictive modelling within the casualty arena mitigates entry and impact of a similar scale, according to industry experts.

The presence and growing reach of alternative capital in the global reinsurance sector won’t result in a market without cycles, but will lead to compression, where the peaks and troughs will be much less dramatic, according to Willis Re Chairman, James Vickers.

Kelvin Re Ltd., the rated reinsurance vehicle established and operated by Credit Suisse Asset Management’s (CSAM) ILS team, has underwritten over $120 million of gross natural catastrophe reinsurance premiums in the first nine months of 2015.

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A result of the current hunt for scale and relevance in the global reinsurance industry has been the greater use of insurance-linked securities (ILS) by global re/insurers, the opportunities of which inspired Markel’s acquisition of CATCo, says Richard R. Whitt.

State National Companies has extended and expanded its program business fronting partnership with ILS and catastrophe insurance and reinsurance risk investment manager Nephila Capital through 2019.

The third-party reinsurance capital and ILS fund management operations of Blue Capital are a “nice benefit” of the acquisition of Montpelier Re for insurance and reinsurance group Endurance, according to Mike McGuire, CFO.

Tokio Solution Management Ltd., the collateralized reinsurance, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance convergence facilitating arm of Tokio Millennium Re, has appointed Susan Lane and Tsuyoshi (“Harry”) Harigai as co-CEOs effective from 1st January.

The seasonal spread tightening in secondary prices of catastrophe bonds decelerated in October, as the U.S. wind season passed its peak and ILS investors and managers began to anticipate another loss free hurricane season.