Archive for December, 2019

“Collaboration and education” remain the key challenges when it comes to partnerships between the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and public sector organisations, according to industry executives.

The Class B tranche of the Blue Halo Re Ltd. (Series 2016-1) catastrophe bond, originally sponsored by Allianz Risk Transfer, a unit of global insurance and reinsurance group Allianz, has seen a further small reduction in its principal as presumed loss payments to its beneficiary continue.

Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, the London headquartered specialist insurance linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance related investments manager, has participated in a funding round for a health insurance start-up in Colorado named Friday Health Plans.

The use-cases for parametric triggers in insurance and reinsurance continue to expand, as parametric coverage gains in popularity and technology and data advances make more complex products possible, as evidenced by a recent launch from QOMPLX and Chaucer.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is budgeting that it will require $1.88 billion of reinsurance limit in 2020, which will be split across its traditional property catastrophe reinsurance and catastrophe bond, but at higher rates as the insurer anticipates paying more for its 2020 renewal.

The leadership of insurance giant American International Group (AIG) has provided the market with a little insight into how it it sees the claims situation with typhoon Hagibis at this point in time.

Marsh-owned specialty managing general underwriter (MGU) Victor Insurance Holdings, previously known as the Schinnerer Group, is launching a third-party capitalised syndicate at Lloyd’s, which will give capital partners a way to access the returns of business underwritten by the firm.

Tremor Technologies Inc., the programmatic insurance and reinsurance risk transfer marketplace provider, has successfully brought $600 million of capacity to, priced and placed the property catastrophe reinsurance program renewal of carrier W. R. Berkley Corporation.

Demonstrating how challenging it can be to bring third-party capital into the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance market, Brit’s newly launched insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy takes a roundabout route to connect the capacity with the returns of its underwriting in the market.

How much does it cost to strategise, design and implement a healthy and sustainable future for the Lloyd’s of London insurance and reinsurance market? UK £300 million, at least, it seems.