April 2009/1

Temporarily distracted by tempting returns in other asset classes, multi-strategy investors consider insurance-linked securities (ILS) as a solid diversifying asset and demonstrate a high tolerance o

A hardening market at 1 April – fuelled by reinsurer capital constraints and the ever-present Florida question – has caused insurers to enter the market early for 1/6 and 1/7 renewals, i

Texan lawmakers are weighing up a raft of proposed legislation that could overhaul the state’s loss-struck wind pool – triggering an increased reinsurance spend – or even establish

Investors in the $33.5mn class G notes of closed sidecar Puma Capital are still vulnerable to losses from Hurricane Ike, despite the vehicle ceasing to write new business in April of last year. The $

Dedicated insurance-linked derivatives broker Myrias LLC is developing a screen-based trading platform, aimed at standardising the trading of industry loss warranties (ILW) and cat bonds in the secon

The secondary market for insurance-linked securities (ILS) has seen disproportionate trading in short-dated cat bonds as investors strive to hold liquid positions. During brisk trading in the fourth

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has acquired the Carvill Hurricane Index from the erstwhile broker, renamed it CME Hurricane Index (CHI) and appointed risk modeller EQECAT as calculation agent