hurricane Sandy

In a move which was to be expected, rating agency Standard & Poor’s have downgraded one aggregate class of notes issued in USAA’s Residential Reinsurance 2011 Ltd. (Series 2011-1)  catastrophe bond transaction as a result of the qualifying losses caused by hurricane Sandy. On the 6th November S&P placed the Class 5 notes of both […]

As is to be expected after a natural catastrophe event with the size and reach of hurricane and post-tropical storm Sandy, the estimates of insurance industry losses keep rising. This is typical of a complex, never seen in recent times, catastrophe event. For a great example of how loss estimates can creep under these circumstances […]

A report published by Standard & Poor’s suggests that reinsurers have a material cushion before losses from hurricane Sandy become a capital event. Despite continued uncertainty around the final amount of insured losses from the storm, S&P believe that the reinsurance sector’s strong capital base and strong earnings this year will enable it to withstand […]

According to comments from Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), the capital market division of global broker Willis, hurricane Sandy’s impact on the catastrophe bond market is likely to be muted. The scope and scale of Sandy make it unlikely that any cat bonds will be triggered, under current loss estimates, but if losses mount […]

For some institutional and professional investors the occurrence of hurricane Sandy at this time, and the large insurance and reinsurance industry loss that the event will no doubt cause, has the effect of making the sector an even more attractive place to invest. Prior to Sandy, the reinsurance sector was heading for a year of […]

After the big decline in secondary market catastrophe bond prices seen in the week after hurricane Sandy made landfall we thought it would be good to catch up on the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices again to see how the last seven days had affected them. As the impact of Sandy on exposed catastrophe […]

One week ago, rating agency Moody’s announced that hurricane Sandy would qualify as a covered event for the Combine Re Ltd. (Series 2012-1) catastrophe bond. At the time Moody’s said that the estimated range of insurance industry losses would see Sandy qualify as an aggregate event under the terms of the cat bond, but that […]

Once again, hurricane Sandy dominated our coverage last week. The market is now waiting for updates on the estimates of insured industry losses from the storm, there may be more clarity later this week we understand. As always, you can read every market news story and article on the Artemis news blog, subscribe to our […]

Fitch Ratings have performed some analysis on the potential impact on the re/insurance industry were the industry loss from hurricane Sandy to creep up towards the $40 billion mark. This is interesting as it’s gone very quiet on the loss estimate front in recent days and many insurers, reinsurers and the cat bond market continue […]

Once again, Swiss insurance-linked securities investment fund manager Plenum Investments is proactively updating its investors on the developing hurricane Sandy situation and the potential impact the storm could have on exposed catastrophe bonds and its ILS fund. In their latest update Plenum acknowledged the uncertainty that exists over the insured losses from Sandy and says […]