ILS

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has reported that after two years of price decreases averaging 15 percent on US property catastrophe placements, average risk-adjusted rate moderation at the most recent June renewals was in the high single-digit range

Proposed transformer start-up Clear Blue is aiming to be a pure fronting carrier that offers hedge fund reinsurers, Lloyd's syndicates and collateralised writers US programme business they could not otherwise access, The Insurance Insider understands

Two years after the so-called "de-coupling" of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and traditional reinsurance markets, some observers are characterising the changing dynamics in the property cat space as a sign of "re-coupling"

There was strong evidence of a tighter market for US property cat retro at 1 June that compounded the dynamics in the reinsurance market.

May could be one of the costliest months ever for auto insurers in Texas after extensive flooding in the last week of the month.

Reinsurance broker Joanna Buckenham has joined Lloyd's as a representative on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) working group assembled by the London Market Group (LMG), The Insurance Insider revealed on 2 June

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has taken a 9.9 percent stake in legacy (re)insurer Enstar, buying out private equity firm First Reserve.

Florida Citizens Property Insurance said that a significant drop in rates for its commercial non-residential (CNR) portfolio helped it expand its 2015 reinsurance programme for the same budget as last year.

In theory the different realms of insurance have no need to overlap

Reinsurance broker Joanna Buckenham has joined Lloyd's as a representative on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) working group assembled by the London Market Group (LMG), The Insurance Insider can reveal.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has agreed to buy a 9.9 percent stake in legacy (re)insurer Enstar from private equity firm First Reserve

The London Market Group (LMG) has convened a taskforce that will work to attract more ILS business to the UK after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne pledged this as a target in this year's Budget.