German insurer Allianz expects the technology underpinning virtual currency bitcoin to encourage trading in catastrophe bonds, which transfer the risk...
insurance linked securities (ILS) News
Soft market conditions continue to be the biggest concern for the industry, followed by regulation, competition from third party capital,...
XL Catlin’s insurance operations has launched a new team to focus on alternative risk transfer and non-traditional insurance globally. The...
Reinsurance rate declines continued to slow at the June 1 renewal, reaffirming a trend of gradual price stabilization that first...
Credit Suisse Group AG sold 220 million Swiss francs ($222 million) of bonds designed to offload potential losses on events...
Swiss Re announced that Judy Klugman and Jean-Louis Monnier will co-head its global insurance linked securities (ILS) business. Klugman will...
Willis Towers Watson has appointed Vincent Lien as managing director of Hong Kong for Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA),...
Plenum Investments Ltd. has launched an insurance linked securities (ILS) fund, which will invest in collateralized reinsurance transactions, to be...
Energy insurers continue to feel the pressure caused by over-supply of capital and falling demand from buyers, which may lead...
Artex Risk Solutions announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the cores of Guernsey-domiciled Hexagon Insurance PCC...