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It looks like one of the hot topics of conversation at Monte Carlo this year is the convergence of the reinsurance and capital markets. That area we cover where non-traditional reinsurance alternatives such as collateralized vehicles, catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities, sidecars, third-party capital and direct investor participation in the reinsurance and retrocession markets are […]

This week see’s the global reinsurance industry meet up in Monte Carlo in the south of France for the annual Rendez-vous de September event. At this key industry meeting, executives from the world’s largest reinsurers and brokers meet with each other and with some clients to discuss industry trends and the outlook for reinsurance rates […]

PERILS AG, the Zurich-based independent provider of industry-wide European catastrophe insurance data and loss indices, has issued an update on how their loss data and indices have been used by the reinsurance and catastrophe bond sector. When we last reported on PERILS they had just cleared $4 billion of limits placed using their data and […]

Last week was dominated by hurricane Isaac which struck the Louisiana coastline causing insured losses of up to $2 billion, at the latest estimate. August has been our busiest month ever on Artemis, with close to 13,000 active readers over the course of the month and nearly 60% growth since August 2011. We’d like to […]

As securities go, catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities are relatively short duration, with an average lifespan of three years. This means that while new issuance flows into the market there is a constant stream of transactions maturing, coming off risk and freeing up investor capital allowing it to be deployed into the new transactions. A […]

Having written in the last week about the volume of catastrophe bonds which are listed on the stock exchanges  in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands I thought it would be a good idea to list them out by domicile for your information. We are going to include this information into a new catastrophe bond Deal […]

What’s the sign of a successful insurance-linked securities issuance? This time last year you would have said just getting to the marketing phase would have been commendable. Then when the market came back to life it was great to get a deal to complete without any major problems. Now, and this has been a trend […]

Flagstone Re is readying a catastrophe bond transaction for the market called Montana Re Ltd. We mentioned this deal after writing about its existence the other day, now details are emerging we can bring you up to speed. Montana Re is a Cayman Islands based SPV set up to issue the notes from this $120m […]

Guy Carpenter have released their third-quarter 2009 catastrophe bond update today. As ever the report looks back at the last three months of market activity including issuance, redemption, outstanding risk capital in the market, how issuance’s were composed, a brief look at industry loss warranties and an outlook for the fourth quarter.

Bloomberg is carrying a great story on catastrophe bond pricing today (available here). The article discusses the recent rise in cat bond price returns and some reasons for that rise. The Swiss Re Cat Bond Price Return Index, an indicator of the returns investors receive on cat bond investments, has risen over the past six […]