Swiss Re, Europe’s second-biggest reinsurer, said regulators should prevent catastrophe bonds from being repackaged like subprime mortgages. “It’s important for...
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The Philippines suffered $13 billion of damage when Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the country in 2013, a year after...
Catastrophe bond issuance for the first quarter reached a record $1.7 billion – higher than any other first quarter issuance...
Pension and hedge funds flush with cash and hungry for yield are creating a market for reinsurers willing to look...
The creation of one of the world’s largest reinsurers in an all-stock merger paves the way for more deals. AXIS...
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. agreed to merge with PartnerRe Ltd., combining two Bermuda-based reinsurers with a total market value of...
Aon Benfield’s Reinsurance Market Analysis describes the participants as having “reached the end of a 15 year journey, featuring chronological...
Property catastrophe bond issuance for the fourth quarter 2014 stood at USD$2.1 billion across six separate transactions, contributing to a...
Stocks for publicly traded reinsurance companies (including the four large European reinsurers) performed well below the overall market through the...
Hedge funds looking for new investments may be pushing too fast into insurance, said Michael McGavick, the chief executive officer...