Is the Reinsurance Cycle Dead or Just Dormant? Executives Discuss New Realities October 2, 2018 By L.S. Howard Many reinsurance executives have been left scratching their heads in surprise after last year’s natural catastrophes, which cost a whopping...
ILS Market Could Bear 20% of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Marie Loss: A.M. Best September 10, 2018 The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market potentially could bear up 20 percent of the insured losses generated by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma...
ILS Issuance in H1 Tops $7B, Reflecting Capital Markets’ Re/Insurance Appetite: Swiss Re August 31, 2018 The first half of 2018 aptly demonstrated that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has an undiminished appetite to provide re/insurance...
Extraordinary Re’s Extraordinary Idea for Trading Insurance Risks Like Stocks August 15, 2018 By Russ Banham Imagine there’s a way for institutional investors to trade insurance risks much like they trade stocks. Well, imagine no more....
Catastrophe Bonds – A to Z August 7, 2018 By Russ Banham A reader of this publication, the president of an insurance agency, recently wrote to say he kept hearing about catastrophe...
Casualty: The Next ILS Frontier? August 6, 2018 By Aaron C. Koch Executive Summary: While progress has been made in the development of casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS), there still is significant work...
Willis Towers Watson Moves ILS from Securities to Reinsurance Unit May 4, 2018 Willis Towers Watson is making changes to its insurance linked securities (ILS) business. The ILS business, which was previously part...
Reinsurance Capacity Remains Abundant for Mid-Year Renewals: Aon Benfield April 18, 2018 By L.S. Howard Global reinsurer capital continued to rise in 2017, despite the US$136 billion in insured losses from natural catastrophes last year,...
FEMA to Issue First Catastrophe Bond for Flood Insurance Program April 5, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson In another step shifting risk to private markets, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said it intends to secure additional...
April Reinsurance Renewals Continue Flat Pricing Seen in January: Willis Re Report April 3, 2018 Reinsurance buyers were able to renew loss-free programs at broadly flat pricing levels during the April 1 renewals – continuing...