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Guy Carpenter: $20b alternative capital influx in two years

A $20 billion cash injection has been pumped into non-traditional reinsurance over the last two years, according to industry experts Guy Carpenter. The new capital has entered the market through investments in insurance-linked securities (ILS), funds...
Sep 17, 2014
Reinsurance

The rise in alternative forms of reinsurance capital

With ratings agency Fitch Ratings recently publishing an update of its methodology for rating insurance-linked securities (ILS), now is a good time to explore the rise of ILS from an unconventional form of risk transfer to the conventional method of ...
Sep 11, 2014
Other

World Bank issues its first Caribbean cat bond

The World Bank has issued its first catastrophe bond — a $30-million deal providing reinsurance protection to an earthquake and hurricane insurance fund, whose beneficiaries are Bermuda and 15 Caribbean governments. All 16 countries are signatories t...
Jul 10, 2014
Reinsurance

Record quarter for catastrophe bonds

The April through June period set a new quarterly record for the volume of catastrophe bonds issued. According to a report by Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), $4.5 billion of non-life catastrophe bond capacity was issued in 17 deals in the s...
Jul 08, 2014
Reinsurance

Biggest catastrophe bond deal in history completed in Bermuda

The largest catastrophe bond transaction in history completed today and was admitted for listing on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX). The $1.5 billion issuance through Bermuda special purpose insurer Everglades Re Ltd, will provide reinsurance covera...
May 02, 2014
Reinsurance

Blend of expertise will keep Bermuda at centre of ILS growth

Bermuda will remain at the forefront of the burgeoning convergence between the reinsurance and asset management industries, because it has an exceptional mix of expertise in both areas. That is the view of Craig Redcliffe, partner and insurance leade...
Mar 10, 2014
Reinsurance

ILS growth expected to accelerate

Investors are expected to continue ploughing money into insurance-linked securities at an ever greater pace this year — with most of the activity centred on Bermuda. And analysis by PwC suggests that third-party capital is there as part of long-term ...
Mar 06, 2014
Reinsurance

Argo teams up with Horseshoe to strengthen ILS offerings

Bermuda reinsurer Argo Re plans to team up with insurance-linked securities (ILS) experts Horseshoe Re Ltd to expand its reinsurance product offerings. Horseshoe Re is a member of Bermuda-based Horseshoe Group, a leader in innovative solutions for t...
Mar 03, 2014
Reinsurance

Appleby: Expect new wave of micro cat bonds

A new wave of micro cat bond listings looks likely for the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) in 2014, with the Bermuda insurance-linked securities (ILS) market shaping up to be as busy as 2013 — a record year for the instruments with Bermuda garnering app...
Feb 19, 2014
Reinsurance

Aon Benfield: Cat bond market hits record $20b

Aon Benfield Securities reported that the catastrophe bond market reached a record $20.3 billion last year. The Insurance Linked Securities Fourth Quarter 2013 Update, released this week by the investment banking division of the global reinsurance i...
Jan 15, 2014
Reinsurance

Cat bond will cover Aussie risks

A catastrophe bond with providing coverage for Australian perils has been placed in Bermuda. Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, announced it had underwritten a...
Jan 08, 2014
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