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Kortis: How does the first longevity trend bond work?
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On 30 June 2015 the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit finally put to rest the ongoing litigation relating to Mariah Re
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Hurricane models have forged the way to express catastrophe risk in financial terms - but there are still many difficulties for investors attempting to analyse their exposures
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Second quarter cat bond issuance this year was dominated by many repeat deals from the same period of 2014, but more subdued conditions prevailed.
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M&A activity has taken off in the reinsurance market over the past year - with integration at some merged companies well underway while the fraught battle between Axis and Exor for PartnerRe continues
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For many European sponsors Bermuda is a favoured jurisdiction for conducting ILS business.
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The US state-backed hurricane insurance pools followed a mixed strategy in the 2015 reinsurance renewals as two of the top three lifted their risk transfer by a third compared to 2014, while the other dropped its cover by almost 20 percent.
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Lloyd's may be seen as an expensive place to do business, but the Corporation's director of performance management Tom Bolt argued in a recent presentation that this idea is exaggerated.
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Lower oil prices are taking their toll on the energy insurance market as record capacity has converged with a fall in demand.
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On 23 April, the US Treasury took its first action since 2003 to curb so-called "hedge fund reinsurance companies".
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Alternative reinsurers and cat bond investors received $589mn in premiums ceded by the top 10 Florida personal and commercial residential insurers in 2014, according to data collected by Trading Risk.
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The two leading reinsurer-managed funds platforms posted a year-on-year fall in fee income during the first quarter, reflecting the impact of running smaller sidecars.
