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.
Demonstrating how challenging it can be to bring third-party capital into the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance market, Brit’s newly launched insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy takes a roundabout route to connect the capacity with the returns of its underwriting in the market.
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How much does it cost to strategise, design and implement a healthy and sustainable future for the Lloyd’s of London insurance and reinsurance market? UK £300 million, at least, it seems.
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There is a new reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) collateral trust provider in town, after Truist Financial Corporation was formed after a merger of equals between SunTrust and BB&T.
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Specialty insurance and reinsurance firm Brit Ltd. has launched a new insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy designed to allow investors direct access to the returns of its Lloyd’s underwriting business.
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There are only two months to go until we hold our ILS NYC 2020 conference, so register soon to ensure you can attend at the best possible price.
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The broad diversity within the insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund market became very apparent in October 2019, as the impacts of catastrophe losses from Hagibis drove the gap between best and worst performing ILS fund to almost 10%.
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It’s becoming clear that typhoon Hagibis’ impacts in Japan have hammered the performance of some private insurance-linked securities (ILS) positions in October and this could be sufficient to overshadow what has been another positive month for the catastrophe bond market.
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Florida and region focused primary insurance group FedNat Holding Company has completed its acquisition of the homeowners insurance underwriting operations of 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc.
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The Plenum CAT Bond Fund, the flagship offering from Zurich based specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond investment manager Plenum Investments, has received a higher grading as a sustainable investment opportunity in its second assessment.
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The biggest issues facing the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market today, all surround the terms and contractual language related to collateral lock-up and commutations, while loss buffer tables have been seen to cause particular problems as they are often too simplistic, speakers said at an event yesterday.
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