A number of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds reported small losses related to business interruption claims from the Covid-19 pandemic in July, with quota shares the main source.
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Global asset management group Schroders has announced leadership changes at its specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit Schroder Secquaero, as Stephan Ruoff takes on the Head Of role as planned and Dirk Lohmann moves into the newly created position of Chairman.
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Entropics Asset Management AB, the Swedish manager of a catastrophe bond fund, is planning to raise a new institutional investment fund strategy focused on resilience and sustainable opportunities in insurance and reinsurance.
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Swiss Re wants to become the “leading franchise for Nat Cat risks” and alternative reinsurance capital is set to be a key driver of this ambition at the major global re/insurer, according to Philipp Rüede, Head of the firms Alternative Capital Partners unit.
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Insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds have just had their best June and July performance since 2011, on average, as the improving returns in catastrophe bonds and other reinsurance linked investments start to become evident in manager’s results.
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The Pacific typhoon season has picked up pace with typhoon Haishen now expected to become a significant threat to southern Japan’s Kyushu island and also South Korea, following in typhoon Maysak’s path.
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Levels of third-party capital in the reinsurance market, across insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, collateralised reinsurance structures and catastrophe bonds, are now down almost 10% from their high-point in 2018, according to the latest data from A.M. Best and Guy Carpenter.
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We’re delighted to announce the launch and opening of registration for Prospectus 2021 – a new annual reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference brought to you by Artemis in collaboration with sister title Reinsurance News.
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Sompo International, the Bermuda headquartered specialty property and casualty insurance and reinsurance provider, has made a high-profile hire in Brendan Plessis, a well known market executive who has had a focus on issues in emerging markets and on the problem of under-insurance for much of his career.
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At current industry loss estimate levels, the impacts to insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds from hurricane Laura is not expected to be significant, with some funds even able to offset the hit with the income their reinsurance and retrocession positions earned them in August.
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Leading global credit investment specialist Bain Capital Credit, L.P, which has around $40 billion in assets under management, is partnering with Beat Capital Partners Ltd., the long duration investor specialising in the insurance and reinsurance industry, to access returns from the Lloyd’s marketplace.
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Lockton Capital Markets, the unit with an alternative reinsurance capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focus at the largest independent insurance broker of the same name, has announced the appointment of Pradip Ghosh as President, effective immediately.
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Reinsurance broker Capsicum Re is to be renamed as Gallagher Re, to bring the company into line with its parent Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG).
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Twelve Capital, the Zurich headquartered catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investment fund manager, has named Dr. Urs Ramseier, Founding Partner, CEO & CIO, as its new Group Executive Chairman.
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