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ILS

  • The Hartford launches $100mn Foundation Re III
    US primary insurer The Hartford has launched $100mn Foundation Re III -– its third transaction in the Foundation series and the first ILS of 2010, sister publication Trading Risk has revealed.
    14 January 2010
  • Harbor Point renews $100mn retro sidecar
    Bermudian Harbor Point renewed its affiliated collateralised retro facility New Point III Ltd for 2010 with capacity offering aggregate limits totalling up to $100mn.
    13 January 2010
  • ILWs first to use Perils trigger
    The newly launched Perils European windstorm industry loss index was chosen as the trigger on two industry loss warranty (ILW) contracts.
    13 January 2010
  • Late ILS push fuels $5bn plus predictions
    The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market in 2010 could exceed $5bn in fresh transactions, after a record $1.7bn of issuance in the fourth quarter of 2009.
    13 January 2010
  • Munich Re forecasts $5bn cat bond issuance in 2010
    Munich Re expects the volume of new cat bond issuance in 2010 to be in the region of $5bn while the required spread is expected to fall by some 50 basis points up to the middle of the year.
    08 January 2010
  • Harbor Point renews $100mn retro sidecar
    Bermudian Harbor Point has renewed its affiliated collateralised retro facility New Point III Ltd for 2010 with capacity offering aggregate limits totalling up to $100mn.
    08 January 2010
  • Cat bond market likely to grow in 2010
    Cat bond issuance next year is likely to be higher than in 2009, as the pricing premium to the traditional market continues to narrow while investor appetite for securitised reinsurance risk remains strong.
    05 January 2010
  • Travelers’ $500mn cat bond takes 2009 issuance over $3bn
    US insurer Travelers Indemnity Co doubled the size of i
    23 December 2009
  • ILWs first to use PERILS trigger
    The newly-launched PERILS European windstorm industry loss index has been chosen as the trigger on two industry loss warranty (ILW) contracts.
    22 December 2009
  • IFEX expects influx of new traders despite quiet 2009
    Despite a relatively quiet 2009, the Insurance Futures Exchange (IFEX), which trades US wind future contracts on the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, is preparing for a flurry of new trading participants in 2010, The Insurance Insider understands.
    22 December 2009
  • Axis Capital and Arch accelerate share buybacks
    Bermudian (re)insurers Axis Capital and Arch have made substantial progress in their share buyback plans, with a new authorisation from the former to repurchase $500mn and news of $252mn of shares bought back in Q4 from the latter
    17 December 2009
  • Global insurance index formed by World Bank
    A Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) to enable clearly defined natural catastrophe/weather related insurance cover to the developing world has been launched by units of the World Bank.
    10 December 2009
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