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Willis Re Taps Buxton from Allianz as Managing Director, Int’l Customized Reinsurance

Willis Re, the reinsurance subsidiary of Willis Towers Watson, announced the appointment of Simon Buxton as managing director of its International Customised Reinsurance practice, which focuses on non-traditional reinsurance. Buxton will focus on providing structured solutions across all the company’s …

Bermuda States It Will Fight to Remain Top Domicile for ILS

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) has issued a lengthy defense of its primary position as the “domicile of choice” for insurance linked securities (ILS); pointing out that 57 percent of such securities issued in 2014 were handled on the island, …

Aon Benfield Securities Places $250 Million Cat Bond for QBE’s VenTerra Re

Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, announced that it has successfully underwritten and placed a $250 million catastrophe bond issued by VenTerra Re Ltd, a Bermuda-based special purpose insurer. “VenTerra …