ILS News
TigerRisk Partners Lures Swiss Re Exec to Help Further ILS Business
TigerRisk Partners is tapping a former Swiss Re executive to help shape and grow its insurance-linked securities business. Philipp Kusche has been appointed partner and global head of ILS and capital ...
ILS Market Reaches New Record, Again: Willis Capital Markets & Advisory
Total non-life insurance linked securities (ILS) capital reached a record $70 billion at year-end 2015 – topping the previous record of $65 billion at year-end 2014, according to the latest ILS ...
Watch This Video: Guy Carpenter’s David Priebe Considers The Future of Alternative Capital
Insurance linked securities, cat bonds, or collateralized reinsurance are no longer a novel thing. They're embedded in many insurance company capital frameworks, and, as a result, a routine part of ...
AIG Expands Its Use of ILS Financing Into Mortgage Insurance
American International Group disclosed that it is expanding its already robust use of insurance linked securities into its mortgage insurance business. To do this, AIG's mortgage arm – United ...
Aon Benfield Cites 2014 as Record for Property Catastrophe Bond Issuance
Total property catastrophe bond issuance for 2014 stood at $8.03 billion as of Dec. 12, a new record for annual insurance-linked securities, Aon Benfield Securities said. That new milestone hit with ...
Who Can You Trust? Execs Wary of Alternative Capital
Amping up the drumbeat on potential problems with alternative capital providers, reinsurance industry executives aired critical views about their enduring competitors recently with words like ...
2015 Outlook: Rate Drops Dim Prospects for Underwriting Profits, PwC Says
Underwriting returns alone just won't cut for some London market insurers and reinsurers in 2015, according to PwC, which says that 20 percent of the market participants are "materially reliant" on ...
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 ...