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More reinsurers are likely to follow Markel's lead in acquiring an ILS fund, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) co-CEO Rafal Walkiewicz said.
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Kiskadee Investment Managers has launched a new Bermudian special purpose insurer Cardinal Re that it says will enable it to do transactions with third-party capital more quickly.
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ILS Capital Management has taken over weather managing general agency Excessweather and brought its leader John Warwick into the company to set up a London office
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ILS Capital Management has taken over weather managing general agency Excessweather and brought its leader John Warwick into the company to set up a London office
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Lloyd's have granted in-principle approval for Barbican to launch a new syndicate that will be funded by Credit Suisse Asset Management's ILS team.
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Markel is set to buy "substantially all" of Bermudian retro manager Catco Investment Management for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced today (10 September).
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M&A no panacea; New Orleans project; Nephila staffs MGA; United establishes sidecar; PacRe drops rating; Amlin's Leadenhall fees; RSA-Zurich talks; PartnerRe accepts Exor bid
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Swedish governmental fund AP3 kept its reinsurance portfolio relatively steady over the first half of 2015.
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The £12.9bn BBC Pension Scheme terminated its mandate with Nephila Capital in the financial year ended 31 March 2015, according to the fund's latest annual report.
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Fitch said that the flow of alternative capital into the reinsurance market is slowing slightly, particularly collateralised reinsurance, in a sign that capital market appetite for reinsurance risk could be weakening.
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Swiss private bank Banque Heritage and London-based ILS fund manager Coriolis Capital are setting up a UCITS catastrophe bond fund, Heritam Equinox, the companies confirmed.
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Amlin recorded £7.6mn in fee income during the first half of 2015 from funds managed by Leadenhall Capital Partners, which became a subsidiary of the group last October.