Analysis

The main disrupted segments are still aggregate retro and sidecar vehicles, where negotiations over the level of trapped capital have held up the renewal process.

Willis Towers Watson has tipped that greater focus will be drawn to ILS domiciles and structures in 2020 amid an “unusual amount of innovation” from existing and emerging jurisdictions.

There is a growing confidence that the storm will remain below the $10bn.

Cat specialists RenaissanceRe and Everest Re took the highest proportional hit to equity from the Q3 disaster losses, which resulted in an average cost equivalent to 1.7 percent of shareholders’ equity.

It will be many months before the $11bn payout agreed between Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) filters through to the (re)insurance and ILS markets, with this lump sum likely to benefit some parties more than others.

Tokio Marine’s $3.1bn bid for high-net-worth (HNW) insurance specialist Pure represents a bid on the growth prospects of the segment, sister title Inside P&C argued in a recent analytical note.

A group of ILS funds tracked by Trading Risk produced more robust returns in Q3 compared to last year’s third quarter, despite Typhoon Faxai and Hurricane Dorian.

A drive to offer standardised Lloyd's ILS products must be balanced against the need to be flexible, market participants have said.

California has become the “loss leader” of the homeowners’ insurance market, according to a new Aon study.

The $1bn syndicate signals a move from the carrier to leverage the ability to share risk at the Corporation.

The availability of new capital – or the lack thereof – was a hot topic at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous.

Aon’s plan to launch an auction platform in time for 1 January 2020 suggests a struggle is underway in the reinsurance space for the position of auction technology market leader.