alternative risk transfer

The last week has seen a diverse mix of news stories on Artemis as we covered new catastrophe bonds, the flow of investor capital into the reinsurance sector, longevity risk in Japan, discuss flood cat bonds again, look at regulatory issues and highlight some ILS funds shutting to new investors. Here are the ten most […]

As part of the Dodd-Frank Act the U.S. Treasury are required to provide a report to Congress on the breadth and scope of the global reinsurance market and the critical role reinsurance plays in supporting the provision of insurance in the United States. Section 502 of Dodd-Frank requests the report from the Federal Insurance Office […]

So July has now begun and we’re well into the period when the catastrophe bond market slows down and issuance becomes scarce. So it might come as a surprise to some to learn that two catastrophe bond deals hit the news in the last week. Oak Leaf Re Ltd. (Series 2012-1), a repeat of the […]

We’re now well into the 2012 Atlantic tropical storm season and we have our first real threat to land with a storm called Debby which is currently patrolling the Gulf.  As ever, the catastrophe bond market slows at this time of year and primary issuance reduces. Hence our news volume reduces somewhat but we keep […]

Argo Group, an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in the property and casualty market, has announced the appointment of Mark Gibson to a newly created role of Director of Alternative Risk Capital. Gibson is a well known name in the reinsurance and capital markets convergence space having held positions as MD of […]

Another week has passed and as usual on a Monday morning we start the week with an update for you on the most popular stories of the last week. This week it includes life insurance securitization, the size of the catastrophe bond market and news on the impact that capital market capital is having on […]

It’s been a varied week of news over the last seven days here on Artemis. With topics covered including the catastrophe bond market and insurance-linked securities, more longevity risk transfer news and discussion of new reinsurance sidecars and the retro market. As ever on a Monday morning, here are the ten articles which received the […]

The last seven days saw another busy week of news and insight for the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market here on Artemis. Also last week, the Atlantic hurricane season has now officially begun and you can follow its development on our dedicated 2012 Hurricane Season page. Here are the ten articles which received the […]

We’ve now seen two tropical storms in the Atlantic basin and the Atlantic hurricane season doesn’t officially begin until the 1st June, very unusual. One storm, Beryl, made landfall on the Florida coastline giving the State an early warning of what could lie ahead. Meanwhile hurricane Bud threatened the MultiCat Mexico 2009 catastrophe bond, but […]

At this time of the year the attention of the insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond market will turn to the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season which begins in 10 days time. There are still two cat bond deals being marketed, both of which should close towards the end of this month. Long Point Re III Ltd. […]