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The joint provisional liquidators (JPL’s) to the cells of the Aon White Rock SAC vehicle that were affected by the Vesttoo letter of credit (LOC) in reinsurance fraud have objected to settlements reached between bankruptcy creditors, saying care must be taken to ensure constructive trust claims are respected and those entering into settlements do not […]

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative reinsurance capital structures may continue to be the primary source of new reinsurance capacity through 2024, according to analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence.

Insurance-linked secuities (ILS) market participants are seeing a demand-driven opportunity emerge in collateralized reinsurance and retrocession, but speakers at our recent ILS NYC 2024 conference said that while investor demand for returns from these products is rising again, the clarity of coverage terms is key.

Another settlement agreement has been reached between the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Vesttoo bankruptcy case and two of the affected cedents, in this case Beazley and Porch, with these cedents agreeing to support the bankruptcy plan and gaining rights to a portion of the funds held in debtor vehicle Vesttoo Bay XIX […]

The Tel Aviv District Court has dismissed insurtech Vesttoo’s initial attempt to claim damages from its two ousted co-founders and the persons that worked to source investors, who were implicated in the letter of credit (LOC) fraud scheme.

The Board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) met today and has confirmed a 1-in-100 year PML for 2024 funding purposes at a new high of $6.5 billion, meaning the insurer of last resort will seek to require just over $4 billion in reinsurance limit for the 2024 wind season.

Another settlement has now come to light thanks to the mediation between Vesttoo bankruptcy creditors, with specialty insurance and reinsurance group Chaucer and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors agreeing a way forwards over $18.9 million of value attached to debtor entity Vesttoo Bay XXIV and importantly it appears also on a way forward for […]

Equity analysts from investment bank Berenberg have said that, in recent meetings with investors the reinsurance sector has been a focus of their conversations, with investors particularly keen to gauge how much longer the hard reinsurance market can last.

The recent mediation between parties involved in the Vesttoo Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings has now been completed and a report from the mediator says that “several” settlement agreements have been reached, while negotiations are ongoing with other parties.

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) is said to have stabilised its risk transfer and reinsurance program, while increasing its claims paying capacity to the 1-in-365-year return period, as of January 1st 2024, according to rating agency AM Best.