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The market is on its way to New York this week for the annual SIFMA ILS conference, at which Artemis will be in attendance. With the latest cat bond, Caelus Re 2013 Ltd., having upsized and dropped in price it looks like there will be much to discuss. As always, you can read every market news […]

As we suggested might happen last week, the primary catastrophe bond market has come back to life as regular sponsor Nationwide Mutual seeks to issue its third cat bond, Caelus Re 2013 Ltd. As always, you can read every market news story and article on the Artemis news blog, subscribe to our weekly email newsletter […]

The issuance market for catastrophe bonds continues to be quiet but, as we understand it, we hope to see some action before the end of the month as a number of deals are currently being firmed up prior to marketing. As always, you can read every market news story and article on the Artemis news […]

The last seven days saw some interesting news, with an ILS fund manager backing a syndicate at Lloyd’s, an intriguing reinsurance transaction from Berkshire Hathaway and comments showing re/insurers commitment to the third-party capital space. As always, you can read every market news story and article on the Artemis news blog, subscribe to our weekly […]

A cross party group of members of the U.S. Congress have introduced a piece of legislation aimed at achieving the renewal of the U.S. government’s terrorism insurance backstop until the end of 2019. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is slated to expire at the end of 2014 and there is now a sense of urgency […]

Making the news today is another large and interesting reinsurance transaction involving Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. which sees the firm taking on variable annuity risks and as a result assume some exposure to mortality and longevity risks. In a reinsurance deal worth $2.2 billion, Berkshire Hathaway will reinsure the risks associated with $4 billion of […]

The primary catastrophe bond issuance market remains quiet, which is a little unusual for the time of year, but private cat bond Skyline Re has closed, upsized and achieved attractive pricing. As always, you can read every market news story and article on the Artemis news blog, subscribe to our weekly email newsletter update and […]

The last seven days saw one of the biggest news stories of the reinsurance-linked investment markets relatively short history as 25% of ILS investment manager Nephila Capital was sold to private equity firm KKR. As always, you can read every market news story and article on the Artemis news blog, subscribe to our weekly email […]

Yet another third-party capital reinsurance vehicle has launched and this along with news of solar weather risks and the sale of Goldman Sachs reinsurance operations were popular stories in the last week. As always, you can read every market news story and article on the Artemis news blog, subscribe to our weekly email newsletter update […]

The year has started with a number of launches of new and renewed third-party capital reinsurance vehicles. We’ve also seen the first new ILS deal begin marketing in the guise of Vitality Re IV Ltd. (Series 2013-1) from Aetna. As always, you can read every market news story and article on the Artemis news blog, subscribe […]