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Allied World's investment portfolio will transfer to Fairfax when its $4.85bn sale to the Canadian company closes next year, but this will cover only one aspect of its partnership with Bermudian ILS manager Aeolus.

2016 has been a year of diverging strategies for ILS fund managers, with some chasing expansion in specialty reinsurance and others focusing on branching out into new spheres of catastrophe exposure.

Albourne Partners senior analyst and partner Michael Hamer said developing a reporting template for insurance funds would be a "win-win" for investors and ILS managers.

Floridian insurer Heritage Insurance Holdings is to raise $79.5mn of senior secured debt through a private placement supported by ILS fund managers Fermat Capital Management and Hudson Structured Capital Management Bermuda

French asset manager Amundi has agreed to acquire Pioneer Investments from UniCredit in a EUR3.55bn ($3.74bn) cash deal, the companies announced this morning

City National Rochdale, an investment adviser for high net-worth individuals and families, has launched the Reinsurance Premium fund that will target investments in the tradeable side of the ILS market.

The Open Protocol Working Group has released a proposed reporting template for insurance funds and is seeking industry feedback on the initiative by the end of January 2017.

The London-listed Blue Capital Global Reinsurance fund recorded a 0.2 percent drop in net asset value over October, as it took $6.8mn of losses that were primarily linked to Hurricane Matthew

Hiscox Re reported a 27 percent jump in gross written premium (GWP) for the first three quarters of this year to reach $649.2mn, with its ILS business being a key driver of growth, Hiscox announced.

The new owners of United Insurance Company are looking to expand the Cayman carrier's remit to front US insurance business for alternative and traditional market reinsurance partners, sister publication The Insurance Insider revealed.

Validus intends to add $300mn-$500mn to its asset management platform AlphaCat to deploy in 2017, CEO Ed Noonan said in comments after the company's Q3 earnings release.

Guernsey-domiciled rated reinsurance company Humboldt Re is on track to write gross written premium (GWP) of approximately CHF156mn ($160.26mn) for 2016, above its original top line target, according to AM Best