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Is Third-Party Capital Wave Overshadowing Re Market? A.M. Best Weighs In
Although the true reinsurance appetite of third-party capital may not be as big as recent industry headlines suggest, the likely result of the actual influx, when combined with existing capital, will ...
Cat Bonds Rally With Hurricane Season Advancing
Gains on catastrophe bonds are poised to exceed returns on speculative-grade company debt by the most since 2008 as the Atlantic hurricane season heads into its fourth month. Notes designed to ...
Hurricane Would Entice—Not Spook—ILS Investors, Says Aon Benfield Exec
Although some reinsurance industry executives believe a major loss would cause catastrophe bond investors to flee from the insurance-linked securities market, an Aon Benfield executive says such an ...
Record Breaking Cat Bond Levels; Good News For Carriers
First-half tallies of 2013 catastrophe bond issues have been coming in from reinsurers and brokers in recent months, with all suggesting that 2013 could be a record year of issuance. Swiss Re, Munich ...
Hedging Systemic Risk in Casualty Reserves with Insurance-Linked Securities
Insurance-linked securities are often used to hedge an insurer's exposure to catastrophic property losses, but the casualty insurance market is just beginning to recognize the potential of ILS ...
ILS Issuance Just Short Of Record For Second-Quarter 2013; Is Casualty Next?
Tallies of catastrophe bond issues for the first-half have been coming in from reinsurers and brokers over the last two weeks, with the numbers all suggesting that 2013 could be a record year of ...
Casualty ILS: The Time Has Come
The accelerating convergence of insurance and reinsurance with capital markets and the resulting effect on the traditional insurance and reinsurance business model have topped the insurance news ...
‘Breakaway’ Pricing Seen From Capital Markets Pressuring Traditional Re
With third-party investors putting increased levels of capital into catastrophe bonds, sidecars and collateralized reinsurance, pricing in the capital markets is now, for the first time, "decoupled" ...