Markel

The London Stock Exchanged-listed Catco Reinsurance Opportunities pledges to "keep investment management arrangements under review".

Arguably the defining feature of the last seven years of the reinsurance market has been the inexorable increase in the amount of ILS capital in the system, from roughly $40bn in 2012 to $90bn in H1 2018.

The complaint on behalf of Markel investors follows the disclosure of regulatory probes into the accounting of loss reserves.

Reduced ILS capacity is impacting the sidecar and retro market in particular.

ILS showed reinsurers the New World, but reinsurers have now learned to live in it.

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Trapped collateral after recent catastrophes could buttress pricing, the analysts say.

The asset manager announces a 45 percent erosion on the net asset value of its listed fund’s C shares.

He will continue to underwrite for the German MGA from Markel’s London office.

The executive will be based in London and report to global cyber and technology head Dan Trueman.

Firm retro market in prospect ahead of 1.1 as deployable ILS capital narrows.

In the journey to create a new asset class, there are many staging posts that have to be passed.