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Willis Re broker Henry Kingham has resigned and is expected to join ILS manager Aeolus, sources told sister publication The Insurance Insider
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Alternative investment returns for Swedish state pension fund AP2 totalled 4.6 percent in the first half of 2017, down from 5.5 percent in the same period last year, according to the organisation's half year report.
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Hiscox reported an 11.2 percent year-on-year uplift in gross premiums written by its Hiscox Re and ILS division in the first half, as ILS assets under management reached $1.35bn.
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Flood and crop risk has been an area of initial success in offering AlphaCat investors access to a broader range of perils, Validus executives said on an earnings call.
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The London Pension Fund Authority has allocated £51.2mn ($67.5mn) to Aeolus in its first allocation to the reinsurance sector.
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Validus asset manager AlphaCat posted $3.1bn of assets under management at 1 July, up from $2.9bn at the end of the first quarter and $2.5bn a year earlier
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Schroders has appointed Alan Cauberghs as head of private assets to oversee its activities in various sectors including its ILS division Secquaero.
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Markel reported a 26 percent year-on-year increase in management fees from Markel Catco investors in the second quarter, posting $9.3mn of fee income.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.