March 2014/3

American Financial Group (AFG) subsidiary Great American is the second US insurer to turn to the cat bond market for the first time in 2014, following American Strategic's Gator Re issuance this month.

A panel of state reinsurance buyers at the Sifma ILS conference said that coverage concerns, not just price, draw them to alternative reinsurance solutions.

PartnerRe is looking to bring capital market investors onto its panel of crop retrocessionaires as they seek access to the crop market, sister publication Trading Risk has revealed.

Net probable maximum loss (PML) estimates for major catastrophe events came down significantly at 1 January 2014 compared to the year before, analysis by The Insurance Insider's Data Room has shown.

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2013 was a good year for most P&C (re)insurers as reserve releases and low cat losses kept combined ratios low, The Insurance Insider's Data Room discovers

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Novae has been confronted by higher-than-expected claims from financial institution policyholders as a result of the 2008 crisis, the listed Lloyd's carrier's 2013 annual results show.

London-listed Novae plc could be getting closer to relocating overseas as the stock of UK deferred tax assets that entitles it to tax relief in recognition of past overpayment approaches exhaustion.

Industry veteran Stephen Way has welcomed the backing of Canadian investment group Westaim Corp for his Houston International Insurance Group (HIIG), saying it provides a stable platform for future growth.

Grahame Chilton's comeback reinsurance broking start-up Capsicum Re has demonstrated its appetite for M&A by holding ultimately fruitless takeover talks with Lockton Re, The Insurance Insider understands.

National Interstate's share price was trading down 10 percent today (17 March) after its largest shareholder, American Financial Group (AFG), gave up its controversial bid to acquire the 48 percent of shares in the US insurer that it doesn't already own.