What is trapped collateral, or trapped ILS capital? When an insurance-linked securities (ILS) contract is seen to be at-risk of facing losses, sometimes the cedent can call for the collateral (or capital backing the ILS deal) to be trapped or frozen, so it remains available while loss development continues.
The collateral is trapped and unavailable for reinvesting into new ILS contracts, which can create a drag on ILS investment portfolios. The ILS capital can remain trapped for months or years until the ultimate loss associated with the contract is clear and a payout is deemed due or otherwise.
The CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., the listed, retrocession focused insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy managed by Markel CATCo Investment Management, has again seen its net asset value (NAV) rise after another reduction in catastrophe loss reserves, this time from the 2018 California wildfires.
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Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC) announced just now that it intends to try and put together an investor group to challenge retrocessional reinsurance investment manager Markel CATCo’s proposed buyout scheme, saying that it believes it will “drastically undervalue the interests of investors.”
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Markel CATCo Investment Management, the in run-off retrocessional reinsurance manager of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, is to be the subject of Chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings, with filings made in the United States that have also disclosed Danish pension fund investor PKA A/S as a major holder.
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United States governmental authorities have concluded their investigations into retrocessional reinsurance investment manager Markel CATCo this week, with no action set to be taken.
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Having announced this morning that a proposal has been made to investors to speed the running-off and return of capital of the Markel CATCo retrocessional reinsurance investment funds, the half-year report of the manager’s public fund suggests further wildfire subrogation related recoveries are possible.
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A new proposal from Markel CATCo Investment Management and Markel Corporation seeks to speed the return of capital from the CATCo retrocessional reinsurance investment funds to investors, while avoiding any complications to the ongoing running-off from legal claims made.
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The retrocessional reinsurance investment portfolio constructed by Markel’s CATCo Investment Management is continuing to develop more favourably than had originally been expected, with the firm reporting a reduction of claims in relation to catastrophe events from 2017.
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Incoming Hiscox CEO Aki Hussain explained that new capital raised by the group’s Hiscox ILS funds in the second-quarter translated into a significant increase in gross written premiums.
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The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and its fund managers are adapting their strategies following several years of heavy catastrophe losses, with their experiences in dealing with trapped ILS collateral driving them to evolve the way ILS fund side pockets are set and dealt with, Brian Desmond of Horseshoe told Artemis.
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Hiscox Group, the specialist insurance or reinsurance underwriter and ILS capital manager, has successfully raised new insurance-linked security (ILS) capital inflows of $190 million, which it expects will drive higher fee income through the rest of this year.
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