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  • JC Flowers has acquired the Belgian insurance broker Fidea for EUR243.6mn, it was revealed today.
  • A law aimed at ending a "tax loophole" that allows US (re)insurers to transfer premium income to offshore affiliates to avoid paying tax on profits was reintroduced into the US congress last week.
  • QBE is the fourth Lloyd's managing agent holding a "green light" under the traffic light system the Society is using to measure Solvency II readiness.
  • (Re)insurance groups with more than $50bn in total assets could be subject to heightened supervision under plans unveiled last week by the US Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC).
  • The newly created US Federal Insurance office is a step towards the creation of a national insurance regulator.
  • Cat bond prices have recovered from a mid-August slump that occurred around the time of Hurricane Irene, although they still remain below the levels seen before the March Tohoku earthquake.
  • Investors in the second Mariah Re tornado cat bond issuance stand to lose some or even all of their $100mn capital, while losses creep up into the first higher-lying issuance.
  • French insurance giant Axa has had a repeat success in the cat bond market with its second Calypso Capital transaction, kicking off what many brokers predict will be a bumper fourth quarter (see article on following page).
  • Insurers seem broadly content to accept prices that are flat-to-slightly up for airline programme premiums, even though their exposures and limits are substantially higher, according to two major brokers in the sector.
  • The ILS market is regaining its impetus after a mid-year slowdown, with forecasts of a $2bn-$2.5bn bumper fourth quarter.