While property and casualty catastrophe bond primary issuance levels were “uncharacteristically low” in the fourth quarter of 2015, totals at...
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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...
Mexico’s natural disaster fund may be $100 million better off at bondholders’ expense after Hurricane Patricia appeared to trigger a...
Downward pricing pressures eased during the June 1 and July 1 renewals – the first time since January 2013 –...
Major reinsurers like Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re are looking to new markets and selling more cover to existing...
Annual catastrophe bond issuance reached $7.0 billion – a decrease on the record-breaking prior year ($9.4 billion), yet still the...
The catastrophe bond market will continue to grow by 10 to 20 percent per year, driven in part by the...