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Catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) premium rates can now be considered to be in a hard market, making now a good time to invest in the asset class, according to analysis from ILS focused consultancy Lane Financial LLC.

The Lane Financial LLC synthetic insurance-linked securities (ILS) rate-on-line index rose 15% during the final quarter of the year as ILS rates look to have entered hard market territory, while its analysis indicates ILS rates could rise up to 20%.

The pace of decline shown by insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond premiums or rates has accelerated through the third-quarter of 2014, plunging to new lows, according to the latest analysis from ILS consultancy Lane Financial LLC.

The pace of decline shown by insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond premiums or rates has continued to slow down in the first-quarter of 2014, according to the latest analysis from ILS consultancy Lane Financial LLC.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond market transformed from an alternative source of reinsurance capacity into a driver of rates in 2013, according to the insurance and pension solutions team at Deutsche Bank.

The speed of insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond rate declines slowed in the fourth-quarter of 2013, but still rates dropped to their lowest level since before hurricane Katrina struck, according to data from ILS consultancy Lane Financial LLC.

The speed of decline in insurance-linked security and catastrophe bond rates accelerated during the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest market report from ILS consultancy Lane Financial LLC. ILS rates, as measure by Lane Financial, dropped approximately 16% during Q3 2013.

The speed of decline in insurance-linked security and catastrophe bond rates slowed somewhat during the second quarter of 2013, according to the latest quarterly market report from ILS, cat bond and reinsurance consultancy Lane Financial LLC. ILS rates, as measure by Lane Financial, dropped approximately 3.6% during Q2 2013.

The catastrophe bond and insurance-linked security market delivered investors the third highest annual return of the last decade, according to date from ILS, cat bond and reinsurance consultancy Lane Financial LLC. In a report published recently which looks at statistics from the cat bond market in the fourth quarter of 2012, data shows that 2012 ranked […]

The final quarter of 2012 saw the average rate-on-line of insurance-linked security and catastrophe bond deals rise a little after having seen declines through much of the year, according to the latest quarterly ILS market update from ILS, cat bond and reinsurance consultancy Lane Financial LLC. This could have been an effect of hurricane Sandy […]