alternative risk transfer

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 […]

The range of capital markets backed risk transfer tools such as catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities, sidecars, collateralized reinsurance entities and other structures, represent an increasingly viable and sustainable alternative to the traditional reinsurance market, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings. For traditional reinsurers, the growth of capital market alternatives offers mixed benefits, being […]

The 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season is in full swing and a storm named Isaac is currently threatening the Gulf Coast. Visit this page where you can read all of our previous Monday morning catch-ups to find any stories you may have missed. Of course you can also use our keyword searchbox on the right to […]

It’s been another busy week for news in the markets we cover. Many of our readers have been taking vacations over the summer period so we hope these recaps are proving useful. Visit this page where you can read all of our previous Monday morning catch-ups to find any stories you may have missed. Of […]

It’s Monday morning again and here’s our post-Olympic catch-up of the most read articles during the last seven days. Many of you have been on vacation in recent weeks so we have left you a simple way to go back and find any important news you may have missed. Visit this page where you can […]

Here’s our Monday morning recap of the most read articles during the last seven days. The ILS market continues to function well, with two recent deals upsizing and completing in the last week. Embarcadero Re Ltd. (Series 2012-2) and Vita Capital V Ltd. both provide further evidence of the huge appetite for insurance risk that […]

The summer holiday season is well underway but the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market remains active with a high volume of news being released. We hope these weekly updates provide a useful catch-up for those returning from holidays and give others a way to catch-up on any news they’ve missed over the last week. […]

Some important news in the ILS, catastrophe bond and reinsurance space this week as the first news of an impact to two outstanding cat bonds from severe thunderstorms became clear. At this stage there is no likelihood of any losses to investors but the downgrade of the Residential Re deals should serve as a reminder […]

It’s been a busy week of news in the ILS, catastrophe bond and reinsurance markets thanks to a number of mid-year reports which have been published. The reports are all positive for further expansion of the capital markets funded risk transfer and reinsurance sectors and observers see continuing interest from major sources of investment capital. […]

The 1st July reinsurance renewals season saw subdued price changes as ample capital and capacity moderated pricing pressures through the second quarter of the year, says Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance brokers, latest quarterly reinsurance market report. Inflows of alternative and non-traditional reinsurance capital, from sources such as capital market investors and hedge funds have been […]