Cat bond news

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 7th September 2014, on catastrophe bonds, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics, from the last seven days on Artemis. To ensure you never miss a thing  subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates.

More details on the recently launched Golden State Re II Ltd. catastrophe bond transaction have come to light, showing how time of day is a key factor of a qualifying earthquake, with the publication of a pre-sale report from Standard & Poor’s.

One of the interesting developments to note in the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market in the last couple of years is the growth of sponsor-friendly structures, such as the variable reset.

Malta, which is seeking to become a domicile for the insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bond and reinsurance convergence sector, has launched a proposal which aims to bring together the special purpose reinsurer concept with protected cells.

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry veterans Stefano Sola and Richard Pennay have launched a new technology focused ILS firm, Rewire Holdings LLC, seeking to increase efficiency in the syndication of catastrophe risk to reinsurance and capital markets.

Specialist catastrophe bond and insurance linked investment manager Fermat Capital Management has implemented risk modeller AIR’s Touchstone platform to perform analysis on its catastrophe-linked ILS financial instruments.

Verisk Insurance Solutions – Underwriting, the property casualty underwriting data unit of Verisk Analytics, has released a detailed analysis report looking at the impact and severity of hailstorms events across the U.S. over the past 14 years.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s performed some analysis on the global reinsurance sectors exposure to climate change and found that, under a scenario it tested for, reinsurers may be underestimating their exposure to catastrophe losses by around 50%.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investments market may be one of the better positioned for any additional scrutiny the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decides to place on managers of illiquid assets.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 31st August 2014, on catastrophe bonds, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics, from the last seven days on Artemis. To ensure you never miss a thing  subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates.