Pool Re, the UK government backed mutual terrorism reinsurer, appears to be set to return to the catastrophe bond market, announcing this morning that it has signed up Aon Securities and Howden Capital Markets & Advisory as its insurance-linked securities (ILS) advisors.
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Global reinsurance company Ariel Re appears set to further formalise its activities in third-party capital management and helping investors access its risk under a new brand, with an entity named Ariel Re Capital Partners being established by the firm, Artemis can report.
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Reinsurance giant Swiss Re has reported its first-half results this morning, with $2.1 billion in net income generated and a 20.1% ROE. At renewals so far this year premium expansion has continued, but while gross price increases remained positive, after accounting for loss assumptions the net price change is slightly negative.
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The recent CrowdStrike related global IT outage event has shown that it is essential to have specialised knowledge about cyber risks in order to effectively invest in cyber catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance focused asset manager Twelve Capital has said.
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In time, as wildfire risk models advance and the market becomes more accepting of them, Guy Carpenter executives suggest investor confidence may increase, resulting in a growing willingness to deploy ILS capital to support the California market’s need for wildfire protection.
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The management of fronting specialist Clear Blue Insurance are praised for the rapid and determined response to the issues that arose when the company found itself caught up in the reinsurance letter of credit (LOC) fraud perpetrated by Vesttoo, according to rating agency KBRA.
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Two more series of private catastrophe bond notes have been issued by the Artex Capital Solutions managed Eclipse Re Ltd. vehicle, with these new deals amounting to almost $12.5 million in risk capital, taking total private catastrophe bond issuance for 2024 so far to nearly $400 million, according to Artemis’ data on the cat bond […]
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The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) kept its reinsurance and risk transfer program relatively stable at renewals during June 2024, ending the month with a slight increase to just over $9.15 billion of limit.
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There are now only two weeks to go until our catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference in London on Tuesday September 3rd. Tickets for Artemis London 2024 are selling fast, so please register soon if you want to attend.
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We’ve learned that Allstate’s annual aggregate catastrophe losses that are applicable under the terms of its Sanders Re catastrophe bond program has reached $1.3 billion after July 2024, so it is much lower than the accumulation of pre-tax catastrophe losses the company has suffered during the current risk period.
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Accelerant, the insurtech that helps members exchange or transfer risk more effectively and connects them with long-term capital, has appointed its first Head of Capital Markets, hiring Peter Shen for the position, an executive with experience in investment banking and insurance-linked securities (ILS).
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Toa Re Europe, the Switzerland-based European reinsurance arm of Japanese group Toa Reinsurance Company Ltd., has benefited from a full payout under its $25 million Silver Crane private catastrophe bond transaction, after the notes were triggered by industry losses from the Turkey earthquake event from early 2023, Artemis has learned.
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NormanMax Insurance Holdings, the US based parametric insurance and reinsurance group launched by former Universal founder and CEO Bradley Meier, has expanded the reach of its parametric reinsurance solutions to include coverage for earthquakes in Chile.
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Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, the London-headquartered specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investment manager, has launched a new catastrophe bond fund targeting investors in Australia and New Zealand, working in partnership with Bennelong Funds Management.
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