Given spread widening has been seen to be more considerable with index-linked, or industry loss triggered, catastrophe bonds, compared to indemnity deals, investment manager Twelve Capital says there is significant relative value in them and as a result it advises being overweight to the index trigger cat bond category.
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Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based asset manager an alternative risk premia focus, including reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS), has launched Proof Insurance Solutions, a managing general agent (MGA) with a focus on underwriting risks from the blockchain and digital asset sectors.
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Global reinsurance firm Ariel Re has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its third Titania Re deal, seeking $115 million of multi-peril industry-loss triggered retrocession, via a Titania Re Ltd. (Series 2023-1) deal.
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Catastrophe bonds look set to be the winners of the current market dynamics in insurance-linked securities (ILS), with strong demand expected for their protection and as investment assets, but Tanja Wrosch of Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies cautions that issuance must be “on investors’ terms.”
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The Louisiana state legislature is holding its property insurance focused Special Session this week, but the proposal is seen as a stopgap rather than a long-term fix, with reinsurance issues likely to persist in the current hard market.
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Vesttoo, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused insurtech company, has added another experienced business development hire, with former Akinova and Inari employee Alexander Pike joining the company.
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Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has published its view of 2022’s global natural catastrophe activity and it estimates insured losses from these events aggregate to a cost of US $140 billion for the industry.
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Twelve Capital, the Zurich headquartered investment manager with a focus on insurance-linked securities (ILS), insurance and reinsurance linked investments, is set to develop a life ILS investment offering, announcing a strategic tie-up with specialist life ILS boutique Farsight Partners.
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Australian insurance giants Suncorp and IAG have both warned of impending losses from the severe flooding that has affected the Auckland area of New Zealand in recent days, with the pair highlighting their reinsurance arrangements and the potential for claims from the event to be significant.
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Hudson Structured Capital Management, the insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance, insurtech and transportation focused asset manager, has made a second investment in specialist flood underwriting managing general agent (MGA) reThought Insurance.
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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending January 29th 2023, 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 or get our email alerts for every article we publish.
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Two weeks today we will hold our next insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference, Artemis ILS NYC 2023, on February 10th in New York City. Register soon to guarantee your place at the conference, as tickets are selling fast and may run out.
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With reinsurance rates having hardened considerably, pricing in the catastrophe bond and broader insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has followed suit.
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) is to continue a focus on responsible solutions in insurance, reinsurance and investment funds in 2023, with products that address climate change and protection gaps a particular priority.
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