ILS funds news, insurance linked securities or ILS fund news

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is expecting to secure orders and authorisations for a January 2020 renewal of the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) traditional reinsurance program in the coming days.

MS&AD Holdings, the Japanese parent to domestic insurance carriers Mitsui Sumitomo and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, as well as its international operation MS Amlin, has revealed today that it expects its ultimate loss from typhoons Hagibis and Faxai will be approximately US $3.36 billion, before reinsurance recoveries.

Loss creep from hurricane Irma has remained evident for the major insurers operating in Florida in the third-quarter of the year, but the impact to reinsurance markets is slowing and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) has been soaking up much of the new claims inflation, at least from larger players.

Horseshoe, the Bermuda-headquartered specialist ILS, insurance or reinsurance management and fund administration, servicing, and risk transformation specialist, is now owned by Artex Risk Solutions, as the acquisition completed today, creating the largest ILS service firm that will operate under the Horseshoe brand.

A severe hail storm struck the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast region of South Queensland, Australia yesterday, resulting in widespread damage, with thousands of insurance claims already filed.

Everest Re’s new and incoming CEO Juan C. Andrade sees a range of opportunities presented by current market conditions, among which are increased use of third-party reinsurance capital and also underwriting in the retrocession market.

In a market environment where reinsurance capital increasingly wants to be paid a higher return for the risks it takes on, there is a growing chance that primary insurance carriers look to the capital markets, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternatives, according to A.M. Best.

Indicative pricing for Japanese wind exposed industry-loss warranty (ILW) backed retrocessional reinsurance protection have risen significantly in response to the now consecutive years of heavy Japan typhoon losses, as well as nervousness over where current loss estimates will be finalised.

As AXA XL continues to support and develop the Ocean Risk Index, Andrew MacFarlane, Managing Director and Head of Pricing & Analytics for London & Bermuda, Reinsurance, explores the thinking behind the initiative and more specifically its use as a risk transfer tool, including the potential for a catastrophe bond type structure linked to resilience […]

Climate change and how it influences or affects global weather patterns and the frequency or severity of weather related natural catastrophe loss events, is “front and center” for investors right now, while the reinsurance industry in general is increasingly focused on the issue.