ILS

Private equity-backed start-up Southport Re hopes to have written $100mn-$250mn of collateralised reinsurance limit after the 1 January renewals, CEO Glenn Weber has said.

Munich Re is preparing to launch a potential insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund that will manage third-party capital, the company has said

EU regulators are gearing up for final talks on the Omnibus II directive today (18 September), with a resolution crucial for maintaining the 1 January 2014 Solvency II implementation deadline

The success of capital markets players in making themselves a fixture in the reinsurance sector will aid the companies that can partner up with them and hurt those that don't, JMP Securities analyst Matthew Carletti told investors last week following a visit to the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous.

Third Point Re has attracted enough funding to launch its property cat venture for the 1 January renewals, The Insurance Insider understands.

Hannover Re has renewed its European wind bond as strong demand for the diversifier caused final pricing on the deal to slip below guidance levels

Tokio Millennium Re is to launch a segregated cell company that will compete with the likes of Kane, Horseshoe and Aon as it moves into the transformer business.

Sidecars are likely to continue to be a feature of the retro market in the future as many buyers now rely on their capacity, Aon Benfield Securities predicted in its annual insurance-linked securities (ILS) review.

Tokio Millennium Re has unveiled plans to launch a segregated cell company that will compete with the likes of Kane, Horseshoe and Aon as it moves into the transformer business.

Life reinsurance poses a great opportunity for the global reinsurance market to generate premium growth, Aon Benfield said at a press briefing held yesterday in Monte Carlo.

The catastrophe retrocession market has grown by nearly 20 percent over the past two years and will deploy a record $9bn of indemnity limit over the course of 2012

he insurance-linked securities (ILS) market remains on course to have its strongest year since the financial crisis with total cat bond issuance of around $6bn