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SCIF Cat Bond Priced 40% Lower Than 2011: Willis Capital Markets
On Friday, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory said it placed a $250 million catastrophe bond transaction for, California's largest provider of workers' compensation insurance. Golden State Re II ...
S&P: Hedge Fund Reinsurers May Remain Niche Players
Hedge fund reinsurers may be helping to upend an industry that's already fiercely competitive between traditional players and other, alternative sources of capital. But they'll have to come closer to ...
TransRe, Pillar Management Up Stakes in Pillar Capital to 50% Each
Pillar Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda-based insurance asset manager specializing in collateralized reinsurance and catastrophe insurance-linked securities, announced Tuesday that shareholders ...
Aon CATstream Expedites Cat Bond Coverage for Cedents
Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of Aon Benfield, announced Wednesday that it has launched a new client facility that offers cedents faster and more efficient access to ...
Buffett Warning Unheeded as Cat Bonds Surge
Bond buyers are betting more than ever on the mercy of Mother Nature as they seek to boost yields being suppressed by central banks. Demand for notes linked to insurance against hurricanes and other ...
Market Pressures Require Reinsurer Response
The reinsurance industry is facing considerable headwinds in the current competitive market environment, with conditions unlikely to improve in the near term. Reinsurers, for their part, have not ...
A Conversation with Fermat Capital’s John Seo: The Evolution of Cat Bonds
John Seo, a pioneer in the catastrophe bond space, uses advanced technical models to assess the risk that investors will take on through portfolios of insurance-linked securities. But even simple ...
Cat Bond Yields Attract Inexperienced Buyers, Warns Swiss Re CFO
Swiss Re Ltd.'s new chief financial officer, David Cole, said high yields for insurance-linked securities such as catastrophe bonds may lure inexperienced buyers not guarded for the risks they carry. ...