Retrocession

Who is willing to pay up when 2019 is widely expected to bring a return to pre-HIM conditions?

Uncertainty around industry losses from the 2017 disasters was beyond what would normally be expected at this point after an event.

The executive will focus on retrocessional property catastrophe business at the Bermuda company.

The new ILS manager is using a fund-of-funds approach to target institutional investors.

The Lloyd's insurer launched its UK-based sidecar NCM Re with $72mn of capital in January.

The executive is currently head of the broker's local retrocessional practice.

The CEO says the carrier will look to "optimise" the structure of its property reinsurance programme at the May renewal.

Trapped ILS capital may turn out to be lost capital as claims from last year develop, according to QBE Re chief underwriting officer Jonathan Parry.

While 2017 was a challenging year for the ILS market, it may not have been the year of "the great test", according to Leadenhall CEO Luca Albertini.

Novae CEO Matthew Fosh has exited yet another line of business in the form of US property cat as he continues to reposition the London-listed firm in an effort to restore investor confidence following a succession of missteps.