AuM data

Everest Re reported a 17 percent year-on-year jump in gross written premium during the second quarter, which reached $1.6bn, as its reinsurance top line rose 14 percent with insurance business up 25 percent.

The top 10 ILS managers lifted their assets under management (AuM) by 8 percent in the first half of 2017, taking the group's collective capital base to $56.5bn, according to Trading Risk records.

The top 10 ILS managers lifted their assets under management (AuM) by 8 percent in the first half of 2017, taking the group's collective capital base to $56.5bn, according to Trading Risk records

Markel Catco Investment Management commuted part of its exposure to last year's Jubilee oil field loss in June, which it said cost it the equivalent of 1 percent of net asset value.

Markel Catco Investment Management CEO Tony Belisle has extended his contract with the company until 31 December 2020, according to a London Stock Exchange announcement.

The recently created Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust (ADIG) reported in its half-yearly financial report that it has invested £8.86mn (roughly $11mn) in two listed ILS vehicles

Leadenhall Capital Partners has lifted its assets under management by more than $800mn in the past six months to reach $4.2bn at 1 June, the firm announced.

The former ILS practice leader at KPMG Bermuda, Jason Carne, has joined Hudson Structured Capital Management as an advisor, focusing on providing advice on valuation and reinsurance. 

Markel Catco has raised gross proceeds of $45.9mn after issuing 35.6 million new ordinary shares in its Catco Reinsurance Opportunities Fund, according to a London Stock Exchange announcement.

Everest Re ceded a total of $19.8mn of losses to its Mt Logan Re sidecar in the first quarter, up from $9.1mn a year earlier.

The newly established City National Rochdale Select Strategies fund is now expecting to invest 80 percent of its assets via Iris Re, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission listing.

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