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AIG's surprise move to take over AlphaCat parent Validus continues the trend for reinsurer-affiliated asset managers to dominate M&A activity within the ILS management sector.
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The 2017 calendar year was the costliest on record for weather events, with insured losses estimated at $132bn, according to Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting.
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Wildfire losses had a varying impact on some of the reinsurer-affiliated ILS platforms in the fourth quarter.
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Bermuda-based (re)insurer XL Catlin placed more than $500mn of new catastrophe limit for 2018 and increased alternative market retro support to more than $3bn, as ceding strategies among major carriers diverged following last year's losses.
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Abuse of side pockets in the financial crisis - when hedge funds locked in investors to avoid having to sell off discounted assets - has made the practice less palatable in the wider financial markets.
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Diversification has been the flavour of the week for my colleagues writing comment pieces over the past few days, influenced by developments such as RenaissanceRe's move to invest in legacy and life risks.
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Did the reinsurance market get served a half-empty or half-full glass at the January renewals?
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Is the combination of the Harvey, Irma and Maria (HIM) hurricanes a once-in-a-career event for reinsurance underwriters or likely to happen more often?
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Some of the ILS platforms run by the major catastrophe reinsurers appear to have taken heavier losses from the third quarter disasters relative to the burden on their parent companies, but there are a variety of reasons why this has proved the case.
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Is 10-20 percent up the new flat?
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If the ILS market convened for a Thanksgiving dinner this year, on the face of it, it seems pretty clear what they'd all have to be grateful for.
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A small number of personal lines insurers are among those most exposed to the Californian wildfires that occurred last month.
