life insurance securitization

The first tranche of the novel Salam III Limited securitization of in-force life insurance policies has now been issued. The unique deal, transacted as an Islamic bond, or Sukuk, is the first time we know of an insurance-linked securitization (ILS) of takaful (Sharia’a-compliant) insurance policies taking place.

ATLANTICLUX, the Luxembourg based life insurer which is an an affiliate of the Munich based FWU Group, has brought to market another novel securitization of in-force life insurance policies and this time it’s wrapping the life insurance-linked securities within an Islamic bond, or Sukuk, called Salam III Limited.

Scottish Re’s 2006 Ballantyne Re Regulation XXX type life insurance securitization transaction will struggle to return much capital to investors following huge mark-to-market losses on the assets in the underlying collateral accounts, according to an update on the deal from rating agency Fitch Ratings.

Fitch Ratings has again affirmed the rating of Signum Finance Cayman Ltd. Series 2010-09, a mortality linked life insurance securitization transaction. The ratings agency cited the positive mortality experience, which remains below 100% of the actual-to-expected figure and well below the trigger level.

In the last few days the news has been awash with discussions of so-called ‘shadow insurance’, discussing the practices of life insurers in using captives and offshore vehicles as sources of reinsurance protection. A report published on Tuesday called out certain practices by life insurers as overly risky to both policyholders and taxpayers.

Yesterday we covered the release of reinsurance broker Aon Benfield’s latest reinsurance renewals report. The report contains insight and comments on the alternative capital inflows and pricing trends being seen in the insurance-linked securities market versus traditional reinsurance renewals. The report also contains a review of the Q1 2013 catastrophe bond market, looking at issuance, […]

Global law firm Hogan Lovells assisted French reinsurer SCOR on its recent life reinsurance transaction. Hogan Lovells acted as an advisor to SCOR on the deal which saw SCOR Global Life Reinsurance Ireland plc, an Irish subsidiary of SCOR Global Life SE, enter into a life reinsurance transaction with leading Spanish life insurance company, BBVA […]

The life insurance side of the alternative risk financing, transfer and insurance-linked securities market is alive and well with reasonable deal flow in 2012 and a positive outlook to 2013, according to a recent paper on the subject published by actuarial focused firm Milliman Inc. Milliman includes a number of different structures within the life […]

SCOR Global Life Reinsurance Ireland plc, an Irish subsidiary of French reinsurer SCOR Global Life SE, has entered into a life reinsurance transaction with a leading Spanish life insurance company, BBVA Seguros. The transaction sees SCOR reinsure a whole block of life reinsurance risks underwritten by BBVA and the deal takes the structure of a […]

Interesting news today as Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. entered into a reinsurance agreement with Spanish insurance company VidaCaixa, Sociedad Anónima de Seguros y Reaseguros, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spain’s CaixaBank S.A. We don’t always cover straight reinsurance transactions but in this case it is interesting as this reinsurance agreement see’s Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway […]