Bermuda-based Sequant Re appointed Victor Baillargeon as chief underwriting officer. With over 35 years of underwriting experience, Baillargeon will lead...
insurance linked securities (ILS) News
Annual catastrophe bond issuance reached $7.0 billion – a decrease on the record-breaking prior year ($9.4 billion), yet still the...
Markel Corporation and CATCo Investment Management Ltd. announced they have entered into an agreement whereby Markel will acquire substantially all...
The reinsurance market is operating in a new reality of abundant capacity from traditional and alternative sources, low interest rates...
The reinsurance market showed signs of decelerating rate declines in its most recent June/July 2015 renewals, indicating that pricing could...
Zurich-based Twelve Capital is only five years old, but it, along with similar companies, has already fundamentally altered the reinsurance...
Aon Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, has released its latest report...
Chris Fischer Hirs, the head of Allianz SE’s specialty insurance business, said he welcomes the growing participation of Wall Street...
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, has reported that “after two years of price decreases averaging 15 percent on U.S. property...
Swiss Re, Europe’s second-biggest reinsurer, said regulators should prevent catastrophe bonds from being repackaged like subprime mortgages. “It’s important for...