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Cat bond market prices had been written down by 5.3 percent by mid-October after hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as multiple insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions were expected to respond to the disasters
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While most industry participants agree that a significant portion of insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital supporting retro and collateralised reinsurance will reload at 1.1, the extent of the "re-up" and the return it will require continues to be debated.
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Hannover Re has dampened expectations of a widespread and significant uptick in catastrophe rates at the 1 January treaty renewals, saying prices for German nat cat covers "should at least remain stable".
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Here's how heavily HIM-whacked collateralised retro players hope things will turn out:
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Munich Re has said there are early indications that the third quarter North American hurricanes will lift property catastrophe pricing at the 1.1 renewals, with the increase expected to affect rates globally as well as in the cat-struck region
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Those (re)insurance industry participants waiting for a widespread market turn following major catastrophe losses will not necessarily survive in today's fast-paced and rapidly evolving world, the president of Guy Carpenter's international division has claimed
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Travelers leaders buttressed expectations for commercial rate hikes yesterday as the property and casualty industry copes with third quarter catastrophe losses and years of price erosion
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Lockton has begun setting expectations for property clients post-HIM by warning that carriers are pushing for rate rises of at least 20 percent on loss-struck cat-exposed accounts, The Insurance Insider can reveal
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The combined natural catastrophe losses seen in 2017 should trigger a rating correction for reinsurers in 2018, Hannover Re has claimed.
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Catastrophe losses pushed Travelers to a third quarter underwriting loss with a combined ratio of 103.2 percent for the period
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XL Catlin has launched a $150mn Galileo Re cat bond which seems to give an early indication of rate increases in the insurance-linked securities space, The Insurance Insider’s sister publication Trading Risk has reported.
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The size and location of industry losses from Hurricane Maria could be the "surprise" for some insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors that drives a transitional US property cat reinsurance market in the lead-up to 1.1, according to JLT Re North America CEO Ed Hochberg
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