Non-life insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital grew again in Q1 2017, continuing the trend from 2016, according to the latest ILS...
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With abundant capacity, aggressive capital market competition and acceptable returns for global reinsurers, it’s no wonder that the elusive bottom...
Total catastrophe bond issuance for calendar year 2016 reached US$5.8 billion – a decrease from US$6.9 billion in 2015 –...
Capacity continues to outpace the growth of reinsurance demand despite insurers’ continued efforts to optimize their view of reinsurance as...
Some observers believe the bottom of the reinsurance market may be in sight because brokers are having greater difficulty filling...
Reinsurance pricing continued trending downward at the Jan. 1, 2017 renewal — across most classes of business and geographies, but...
The flow of so-called alternative capital into the global reinsurance market is continuing, bringing it closer to the “convergence” in...
Mitsui & Co., Japan’s second-biggest trading house, agreed to purchase a 15 percent stake in New Ocean Capital, the asset...
Catastrophe-bond issuance slipped to its lowest level since 2011 over the past year as the securities outperformed the S&P 500...
Some traditional reinsurers have asserted that catastrophe bonds are unreliable in terms of paying claims after major events. A new...