One Catastrophe Won’t Scare Away Alternative Capital: S&P Panelists June 9, 2014 Catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance have surged to record levels this year thanks to the continuing influx of...
Swiss Re CFO Warns Cat Bond Yields May Attract Inexperienced Buyers May 9, 2014 By Carolyn Bandel Swiss Re’s new Chief Financial Officer, David Cole, said high yields for insurance-linked securities [ILS], such as catastrophe bonds, may...
P/C Reinsurance Market Softer Due to Alternative Capital: Execs March 14, 2014 A new survey from Towers Watson confirms that more than half (55 percent) of property/casualty insurance chief financial officers believe...
Alternative Capital Softening P&C Reinsurance Market: Towers Watson CFO Survey March 12, 2014 A new survey from Towers Watson confirms that “over half (55 percent) of property & casualty (P&C) insurance chief financial...
Argo Re Forms Partnership with Horseshoe Group for ILS Market March 4, 2014 The Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings announced that its Bermuda-based reinsurance company, Argo Re, Ltd., has entered into an agreement...
Reinsurance at Crossroads As New Factors Sweep Away Old Habits January 23, 2014 By Charles E. Boyle Part I – The Market in the Developed Economies A significant number of reinsurance treaties were renewed this month, heavily...
Cat Bond Coverage Reaches Record $20 Billion: Aon Benfield ILS study January 14, 2014 In its latest report Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield,...
Bond Managers Gain as Pension Funds Flock to Catastrophe Risk December 12, 2013 By Oliver Suess Funds specializing in insurance-linked risks such as catastrophe bonds are benefiting as the $30 trillion pension industry increases bets in...
Investors to Double Catastrophe Bonds by 2018: BNY Mellon November 14, 2013 By Sarah Jones The amount of insurance-linked securities outstanding may reach $150 billion by the end of 2018 as institutional investors including pension...
Reinsurers Get Down to Business in Baden-Baden; Willis Re Chairman Comments October 21, 2013 By Charles E. Boyle “I don’t think there have been any big changes between Monte Carlo and Baden-Baden,” said James Vickers, chairman of Willis...