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Validus chairman and CEO Ed Noonan said subsidiary AlphaCat's decision to return $146.5mn of capital to sidecar investors during the first quarter simply reflected the manager shifting capital into a different format.
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An insurance index being developed by Lloyd's is behind schedule, the Corporation's chairman John Nelson has said.
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TigerRisk's capital markets division has received regulatory approval to open a secondary trading desk covering a range of insurance-linked securities (ILS) products.
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Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) has hired Deutsche Bank's Vincent Lien as a managing director in its Hong Kong office, the company said today (28 April).
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The push to make London an insurance-linked securities (ILS) hub could eventually position the city as the global centre for cyber risk insurance, according to BNY Mellon.
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Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) has suggested that upcoming changes to AM Best's Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR) methodology could penalise insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets over rated carriers.
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The Texas Windstorm Association (Twia) may look to reduce its traditional reinsurance placement for 2016 after its reserve funds grew over the past year.
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Chubb sought to raise cover from insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors in its first reinsurance renewal after the amalgamation with Ace, sources told sister publication Trading Risk.
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Harrington Re, the third total return reinsurance start-up to tap investors this year, is looking to become the first A- rated reinsurer since Fidelis launched last summer, The Insurance Insider understands.
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Capital oversupply and market pressures have begun to diminish return on equity (RoE), Willis Re has warned
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First quarter catastrophe bond issuance grew 31 percent year-on-year to $2.2bn, according to Aon Securities
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The first quarter of 2016 saw a record $2bn of non-life catastrophe bond issuance, according to Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA).
