News and articles about Industry loss warranty (ILW) contracts. Industry loss warranty contracts are typically a fully-collateralised reinsurance transaction, often known as simply an ILW.
Industry loss warranty contracts provide mainly retrocessional reinsurance protection, on an industry-loss trigger basis and can be structured as a derivative or swap, or a traditional reinsurance arrangement.
Industry loss warranties (ILW’s) are popular hedging tools for global reinsurance firms, enabling them to hedge their broad industry exposure to major catastrophe losses using a contract that pays out based on the industry-wide loss experience from an event.
The CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., the listed, retrocession focused insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy managed by Markel CATCo Investment Management, has gained roughly 8% in the last month thanks to a further reduction in claims from 2017 and 2018 wildfire loss events.
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Everest Re is aiming to expand its access to third-party and alternative sources of reinsurance capital, with growth of its Mt. Logan Re sidecar-like structure seen as a key strategic opportunity, according to its CEO.
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A lawsuit that has been going on since last year in the Florida court system between former CATCo CEO Tony Belisle and an investor vehicle Eugenia II Investment Holdings (BVI) has now been settled in principle.
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Following conversations with a number of market sources, it seems that the market for industry-loss warranty (ILW) protection has softened year-on-year, following on the heels of the catastrophe bond market as capacity turns its attention to ILW’s in the run up to the renewals.
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Global independent brokerage Price Forbes has announced a new key hire in Bermuda, as the company appointed Nicolas Bardon as Executive Vice President, bringing retrocessional reinsurance and industry-loss warranty (ILW) capabilities to the firm.
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With the Florida reinsurance renewals fast approaching, it’s interesting to learn that indicative pricing for industry-loss warranty (ILW) protection covering hurricanes affecting the state is up significantly year-on-year, but actual market pricing may be flat or even down. Please read our update at the foot of this article.
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The industry loss warranty (ILW) market saw pricing spike to levels aligned with the pre-mid year 2020 market, as attention shifts to arranging hedges and covering Florida exposures, broker Willis Re has said.
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The CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., the stock exchange listed retrocession focused strategy managed by Markel CATCo and in run-off at this time, is continuing to benefit from reducing loss exposure and releases of side pocketed investment capital.
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Investment adviser City National Rochdale (CNR) explained that strong demand was seen for industry-loss warranty (ILW) capacity at the January 2021 reinsurance renewals and with capacity for this market still seen as more limited, more of the same is expected for June.
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The CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., the stock exchange listed retrocession focused strategy managed by Markel CATCo and in run-off at this time, has now seen $271.3 million of capital returned to its investors since its run-off began.
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