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Premium Lloyd's carrier plans to lay off more risk as cat rates come under pressure...
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ILS investors will need to respond flexibly to a competitive pushback from traditional reinsurers if they are to continue growing their share of the $20bn+ property cat reinsurance market
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Despite all the scare talk and column inches the ILS market is not yet truly mainstream, according to Validus Re CEO Ed Noonan
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London-listed insurance-linked securities fund DCG Iris reported a total return of 2.2 percent in the six months to 30 November 2013, as the fund's manager said that it had boosted results by shifting into private reinsurance deals and reducing its cat bond holdings
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US regional carrier The Cincinnati Insurance Companies has significantly increased the size of its Skyline Re cat bond cover to $100mn from $61.2mn last year
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The ILS market broadened its investor base and the scope of cover it was willing to offer sponsors in 2013, Swiss Re Capital Markets acknowledged in its annual review of the burgeoning sector.
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London-listed (re)insurer Lancashire has established one of the industry's largest market-facing reinsurer sidecars after deploying more than $250mn of limit through its Kinesis Re I vehicle during the January renewals.
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DCG Iris, the London-listed insurance-linked securities investment fund, achieved a total return of 2.2 percent in the six months to 30 November 2013, helped by a lack of catastrophe losses, it said today (24 January).
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London-listed (re)insurer Lancashire deployed more than $250mn of limit through its Kinesis Re I sidecar at the 1 January renewals, the company has confirmed
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Lloyd's chairman John Nelson has said that the Lloyd's market has the luxury of being able to frame the way it attracts capital to suit the dynamics of selling (re)insurance in a low interest rate environment
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Bermuda registered 91 new (re)insurance companies in 2013, up 72 percent from the 53 firms registered in 2012, according to annual statistics released by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA)
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Collateralised retro provider Catco has shifted its risk profile down for 2014 in response to changing market conditions that have led to decreased demand from some buyers.
