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August 2009/1

  • Asbestos fears pollute Avalon Re
    A seepage of asbestos claims into Oil Casualty Insurance Ltd (OCIL)’s loss-stricken excess liability cat bond, Avalon Re, has thrown into question the valuation of its August tender offer to re
    12 August 2009
  • US earthquake model shakedown leads to major loss reduction
    Risk Management Solutions (RMS) estimates a reduction of up to 35 percent in insured loss estimates for Californian earthquake, following a revision of its North American earthquake model this month.
    12 August 2009
  • IFEX launches 2 new US wind contracts
    IFEX has added to its suite of event-linked futures (ELF), listing Eastern seaboard and North East US tropical wind contracts on the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE). IFEX – which trades
    12 August 2009
  • First half nat cat losses above average at $11bn
    Insured losses from natural catastrophes were an above average $11bn for the first half of the year, according to Munich Re. Between January and June 2009, there were 380 natural catastrophes worldwi
    12 August 2009
  • SCOR settles WTC sidecar litigation for EUR5.6mn
    Reinsurer SCOR has settled its long-running dispute with Highfields Capital Management, the former main minority shareholder in its 2001 sidecar vehicle Irish Reinsurance Partners (IRP) Holdings Limi
    12 August 2009
  • KAMP Re back from the grave?
     Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) has confirmed receipt of $128.5mn in paid claims from its $190mn KAMP Re cat bond, sparking a flurry of trading interest in the distressed notes. Pricin
    12 August 2009
  • S&P downgrades Res Re 2007
    As predicted in July, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) lowered its ratings on four tranches of USAA’s Residential Reinsurance 2007, upon receipt of the annual reset reports from AIR Worldwide. In
    12 August 2009
  • Q2 cat bond maturities outpace issuances
    Outstanding cat bond capacity declined again in the second quarter by $779mn to $11.2bn, as the value of maturing bonds outstripped new issuances. This marked the second consecutive quarter in which
    12 August 2009
  • The diversification debate
    In an extract from the report – the firm’s European head of capital markets Des Potter discusses the pros and cons of non-US peril transactions. US wind is the largest global peril in the
    12 August 2009
  • $2bn in new ILS issuance predicted for year-end
    The cat bond market is braced for a busy year-end as the market is still “on track” for an estimated $3-4bn of new ILS issuance in 2009, according to market sources. With $1.8bn of cat bo
    12 August 2009
  • Investors just can't get enough...
    The two cat bonds to come to market in July both increased in size significantly during the marketing phase, evincing a strong demand from investors for new ILS issuance. North Carolina’s state
    12 August 2009
  • HuRLO hurricane options go live
    Electronic weather trading platform Weather Risk Solutions (WRS) has fully launched a series of hurricane commodity call options, allowing traders to hedge the risk of a landfalling hurricane in 78 U
    12 August 2009
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