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Recent and upcoming catastrophe bond maturities

News 27th March 2012

As securities go, catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities are relatively short duration, with an average lifespan of three years. This means that while new issuance flows into the market there is a constant stream of transactions maturing, coming off risk and freeing up investor capital allowing it to be deployed into the new transactions. A […]

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Upsizing insurance-linked security deals is the order of the day

News 27th November 2009

What’s the sign of a successful insurance-linked securities issuance? This time last year you would have said just getting to the marketing phase would have been commendable. Then when the market came back to life it was great to get a deal to complete without any major problems. Now, and this has been a trend […]

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