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Swiss Re have published their latest Sigma study on the subject of the microinsurance market and its potential to provide insurance cover for up to 4 billion people around the world. The microinsurance market is growing but still remains an area of huge potential growth as it currently focuses on few classes of risk and […]

At a press briefing held at their London offices this morning, Swiss Re predicted that the insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond market will return to absolute growth during 2011 following three years where outstanding risk capital contracted.

Following on from their recent report which was a positive look at the state of the insurance-linked securities market (which we reported on here) Aon Benfield have released a report which looks forward at the prospects for the reinsurance market in 2011. The report titled ‘Reinsurance Market Outlook – Abundant Capital To Cultivate Growth‘ looks […]

Standard & Poor’s have published an article looking at price declines of traditional reinsurance versus price declines of insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bonds. It’s a really interesting piece of analysis and shows many of the differences between and issues with the two competing markets.

Sometimes you could be forgiven for thinking that the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market is made up of nothing but U.S. hurricane risks. Around 85% of all new cat bond issuance in 2010 has been linked to U.S. wind and we saw a similar amount issued last year. Hurricane risks seem to get the […]

Swiss Re have today published their first half yearly update on the insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond market. The report comes as the market looks back on issuance and trading during the first half of 2010 at a time when new transactions are scarce and investors are keeping a wary eye on the developing Atlantic […]

Aon Benfield has released it’s report reviewing the 1st quarter insurance-linked security market happenings. The first quarter of 2010 saw low total issuance of just $300m which is only 50% of 2009’s first quarter total, however returns for investors in the same period are much stronger than last year.

Guy Carpenter has released it’s first quarterly catastrophe bond market update for 2010. The report is available in full on the GCCapitalIdeas.com blog and it makes good reading.

The Indian government finance minister announced the 2009-2010 Economic Survey results this week. This annual survey looks at how the economy is progressing and suggests the governments ideas for ways to further stimulate and mature the quick growing financial markets in India.

Press coverage of the catastrophe bond markets prospects for 2010  just keeps getting more and more positive. One of the latest pieces from Bloomberg quotes Swiss Re as saying that they expect up to a 43% increase in sales over 2009 as maturing notes are replaced and new investors are lured to the market (by […]