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According to insurance and reinsurance broker Aon, global insured losses from natural disasters will come in above $58 billion for the first-half of 2024, which is well-above the 21st century average, but lower than the last three years when adjusted for current prices.

Swiss Re has appointed employee Chris Minter as the new Head of its Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division, as incumbent to the position Philipp Rüede is departing the global reinsurance company.

Senior leadership executives from Marsh McLennan and its reinsurance broking unit Guy Carpenter explained today that the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has helped in meeting rising client demand for property catastrophe coverage.

Aeolus Capital Management Ltd., the reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund manager, has announced the appointment of weather and climate meteorologist Dr. Chris Hennon as Senior Research Scientist.

US primary insurer Allstate has reported what some analysts are calling lower than expected catastrophe losses for June 2024, with just $230 million announced pre-tax for the month. But the second-quarter 2024 total has now risen to $2.1 billion, which is a relatively heavy start for the annual aggregate year of its catastrophe bonds.

Everest Group, the global re/insurance company, has announced the launch of Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. (MLCM), marking a transformation of its existing alternative capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment offering into a multi-vehicle third-party reinsurance capital management platform.

Some $60.5 million of the Seaside Re private catastrophe bond transactions facilitated by global reinsurance firm Hannover Re have now been allowed to mature, reducing the amount outstanding with their maturity dates extended to $78.25 million and those remaining have had their maturity dates pushed further out to October.

Insurance industry losses from the early June 2024 flooding that impacted southern parts of Germany are initially estimated at close to €1.6 billion by catastrophe data aggregator PERILS AG.

Porch Group, the owner of insurer Homeowners of America Insurance Company (HOA) which was impacted by the Vesttoo reinsurance letter of credit (LOC) collateral fraud, has responded to broker Gallagher’s motion to dismiss the legal case Porch had raised, saying it believes the company failed to satisfy the obligations of their contract.

Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, has announced the successful raising of $2.88 million for its sidecar structure through EpsilonCat Re tokenized reinsurance securities issued by its subsidiary SurancePlus Inc.