Pure catastrophe bond investment funds saw their highest single monthly return in two years in September, as the rebound in cat bond prices helped to raise the average ILS fund return across a group of 34 ILS, reinsurance linked and catastrophe bond funds to 1.03%.
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Global reinsurers are increasingly underwriting primary specialty business, as competition and challenges in the reinsurance market persist. But for insurance-linked securities (ILS) players seeking to enter the primary landscape a form-following approach is more likely, according to S&P.
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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 1st November 2015, 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.
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Sequant Re, the Bermudian ILS and collateralized reinsurance company aiming to make it simpler for investors to access the returns of re/insurance risks, is taking a new investment in its holding company, Sequant Re Holdings Limited.
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The use of risk transfer solutions, including reinsurance, collateralized reinsurance arrangements and ILS or catastrophe bond issuance, is rising among the public sector, as entities look to better manage and mitigate their loss exposures, according to Guy Carpenter (GC).
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In the currently challenging, softened and perhaps structurally changed for good global reinsurance market, it is tougher, right now, to be a provider of reinsurance capital and capacity than a broker, according to Marsh & McLennan President and CEO Daniel Glaser.
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If a storm as intense as hurricane Patricia struck downtown Miami, Florida, insured losses could reach $200 billion, according to Karen Clark & Company (KCC), highlighting a growing need for insurance-linked securities (ILS) to supplement traditional reinsurance for peak U.S. exposures.
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AlphaCat Managers Ltd., Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance group Validus’ ILS and third-party capital manager, added $163.8 million of third-party capital in Q3 2015, taking its total assets under management to just under $2.24 billion.
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Demand from life insurance and reinsurance firms will drive continued growth and also global expansion of the market for pension longevity risk transfer and swaps, according to a report from Prudential Financial, Inc.
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The Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) plans to allow the listing of Exchange-Traded Instruments (ETI’s) from December 2015. ETI’s, based on special purpose vehicles, can be backed by alternative investments, making them suitable for ILS funds looking for an exchange listing.
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To alleviate some of the competitive pressures in the softening, global reinsurance market, participants need to stop competing over well-understood exposures, and start “making some new pies” so that traditional and alternative capital can access emerging risks, says Tom Bolt.
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Watford Re, the investment-oriented, hedge fund partnered, hybrid strategy reinsurance joint venture vehicle operated by Bermudian re/insurance group Arch Capital alongside asset manager Highbridge Principal Strategies, achieved one of its targets in the last quarter, getting the combined ratio under 100%.
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The $100m tranche of notes from the MultiCat Mexico Ltd. (Series 2012-1) Class C catastrophe bond, which are exposed to a loss due to recent hurricane Patricia’s impact on Mexico, have now been placed on CreditWatch with negative implications by S&P.
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Bermuda headquartered CATCo Investment Management, the reinsurance and retrocession linked investment fund manager, has successfully raised $88.44 million for its flagship listed CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd.
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