Archive for July, 2017

Alternative risk premia focused mutual fund manager Stone Ridge Asset Management has established, or acquired, a limited liability Lloyd’s corporate vehicle, which will in future enable the manager to access the reinsurance linked returns of the key specialty re/insurance hub in London.

Zurich Assurance and French reinsurance firm SCOR have collaborated to help a pension fund of Swedish construction firm Skanska to a £300 million longevity hedge, featuring a streamlined longevity swap backed by reinsurance capacity.

The insurance industry loss from summer hail storm Paul, which struck Germany on the 22nd June, has been put at EUR 400 million by actuaries, the first larger convective weather related insured loss to be seen in the region this year.

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralized reinsurance markets have grown their share of the pie at the recent June and July renewals, while for traditional reinsurers organic growth is becoming more difficult to achieve.

Our latest report on the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has now been published. The report, ‘Q2 2017 Cat Bond & ILS Market Report – First double-digit year ahead, $10 billion imminent’, analyses the biggest single quarter ever for cat bonds, with $7 billion of issuance driving the market to $29.3 billion in […]

Dutch group reinsurer Achmea Reinsurance Company, part of the Achmea Group of re/insurance companies, has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its second catastrophe bond transaction, with a €40 million Windmill I Re Ltd. (Series 2017-1) deal that completed just before the end of June.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 2nd July 2017, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates.