German insurer Allianz expects the technology underpinning virtual currency bitcoin to encourage trading in catastrophe bonds, which transfer the risk...
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Soft market conditions continue to be the biggest concern for the industry, followed by regulation, competition from third party capital,...
PERILS, the Zurich-based independent organization providing industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, announced it has joined the Singapore-based Natural Catastrophe Data and...
There’s more evidence that catastrophe bond issuance hit record territory again during Q1. This time, Aon Securities and a division...
Itasca, Ill.-headquartered Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has reached an agreement with Kane Group to acquire its insurance...
While property and casualty catastrophe bond primary issuance levels were “uncharacteristically low” in the fourth quarter of 2015, totals at...
Total non-life insurance linked securities (ILS) capital reached a record $70 billion at year-end 2015 – topping the previous record...
Reinsurance capital levels stabilized during the Jan. 1, 2016 renewals – showing no growth for the first time in several...
Return relative to risk values for catastrophe bonds at current prices are actually higher in 2015 than they were last...
Bonds sold by Mexico to shield it from the cost of repairing hurricane damage are closer to paying out after...