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  • Citizens completes 2013 programme
    Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corporation succeeded in completing its upsized $604mn traditional reinsurance placement at a rate on line (RoL) of just 17 percent. We have the details...
    08 May 2013
  • 2013 on course for cat bond issuance record
    Despite a deceptively modest first quarter, 2013 could exceed the record of $7bn in new cat bond issuance set in 2007
    08 May 2013
  • Allstate confirms trimmed cat cover as capital markets transfer increases
    Allstate expects the cost of its catastrophe reinsurance covers to fall in 2013 compared to 2012 after confirming it has dropped the seventh layer of its nationwide cat programme, in a move first revealed by The Insurance Insider.
    02 May 2013
  • Turkish cat bond quadruples to $400mn as pricing drops
    The Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP) has for the first time directly accessed the cat bond market to seek cover against earthquake risk in the Istanbul region
    01 May 2013
  • Lancashire poised to launch new sidecar?
    A handful of new special purpose insurers (SPIs) were registered in Bermuda in March, including Accordian (sic) Reinsurance II and Mona Lisa Re.
    29 April 2013
  • Montpelier and Validus lift third-party premiums
    The first quarter results from Bermudian reinsurers Montpelier Re and Validus revealed an uptick in the property premiums written via their managed funds platforms, Blue Capital and AlphaCat.
    29 April 2013
  • New cat bonds show price softening
    Repeat insurance-linked securities sponsors Allianz and Travelers may pay just half the risk-adjusted premiums for their latest cat bonds compared to their 2012 iterations, according to analysis by our sister publication Trading Risk.
    29 April 2013
  • Nephila: Let’s bring in another $20bn to take risk off states
    US state insurers of last resort are holding $150bn of property catastrophe risk, presenting a prime growth opportunity for the alternative reinsurance market, says Nephila Capital founding principal Greg Hagood.
    22 April 2013
  • Ace joins sidecar line-up with $95mn Altair Re
    Ace launched a $95mn special purpose vehicle Altair Re to take the number of 2013 sidecars to seven, which are bringing more than $1.1bn of new capital to the sector.
    22 April 2013
  • Two cat bonds expand on price falls
    The sponsors of two cat bonds currently on the market have expanded their fundraising targets as indicative pricing on the deals declined.
    22 April 2013
  • Allstate targets $250mn for Sanders Re cat bond
    Allstate is seeking to raise $250mn from its new Sanders Re cat bond issuance after lopping off the top layers of its traditional reinsurance programme, sister publication Trading Risk reported last week.
    22 April 2013
  • Aspen joins convergence rush with capital markets launch
    Aspen Re has become the latest traditional reinsurer to move formally into the convergence space with the unveiling of a capital markets division.
    16 April 2013
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