News and articles about collateralized reinsurance transactions and collateralised reinsurance market trends.
Collateralised reinsurance simply refers to any fully-collateralised reinsurance transaction, be that securitised or not.
Collateralized reinsurance allows ILS funds, hedge funds, pension funds and unrated, third-party capitalised reinsurance vehicles to participate in major reinsurance programs as the contracts they write are fully-collateralised.
The collateral is put up by investors or third-party capital providers to cover in full the potential claims that could arise from the reinsurance contract.
Normally the collateral posted is equal to the full reinsurance contract limit, minus the net premiums charged for the protection.
The performance of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds that invest in private ILS and collateralised reinsurance contracts diverged again in November, while pure catastrophe bond funds were down as a group, the latest Index data from ILS Advisers shows.
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The Pioneer ILS Interval Fund, a dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused mutual investment fund strategy operated by Amundi Pioneer Investment Management, has reported net asset growth in the last quarter, for the first time in one year.
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Global reinsurance firm Munich Re and the largest single insurance-linked securities (ILS) investor in Dutch pension fund manager PGGM have now completed issuance of their Leo Re Ltd. private sidecar arrangement for 2020, which is again $400 million in size.
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Another year of large catastrophe losses in 2020 could signal the return of opportunistic capital to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, as short-term investors look to exploit a hardening rate environment.
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There is now only just over one month to go until our next insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in New York, Artemis ILS NYC 2020. This is our newest speaker announcement. Please register soon to secure your ticket to attend.
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Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, the London headquartered insurance linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance related investments manager, has added senior resource to its Life and Alternative Credit team and restructured it.
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Alternative sources of reinsurance and retrocessional capital has contracted by 7%, as investors are being more cautious with making new investments, according to broker Guy Carpenter’s estimates.
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Rates-on-line for non-marine retrocessional reinsurance contracts were up by as much as 40% in the January 2020 renewals, as the segment experienced significant volatility, according to Hyperion X data.
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Global property catastrophe reinsurance rates have risen at the renewals, according to broker Guy Carpenter, who said that its Global Property Catastrophe Rate-On-Line Index has risen by 5% at 1/1 2020.
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The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has now completed its traditional flood reinsurance program renewal, securing $1.33 billion of limit to cover the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for 2020.
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