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Former Scor Global Investments portfolio manager Maria Wittman Rapin has started a new role at Nephila Capital today (25 February), Trading Risk has learned.
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Allied World reported $708mn of funds held with Bermudian manager Aeolus at the end of 2014, up 14 percent from $621.6mn a year earlier.
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Catco hopes to release at least $12mn in capital set aside last year to cover potential hailstorm losses by the end of the first quarter of 2015, as the retro manager released its annual report for the Catco Reinsurance Opportunities Fund.
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West Virginia reports gain; Swisscanto buys into ILS; ILS Advisers index dips in 2014
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AQR Re shifted more of its assets under management to its newer, higher risk-return fund in 2014.
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Reinsurance carriers are increasingly emphasising the importance of scale, as XL-Catlin and PartnerRe-Axis have unveiled merger plans that will propel them into the top 10 and top five respectively by premium base
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Hannover Re has expanded its K quota share retro sidecar by 25 percent for 2015, the company told Trading Risk.
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Swisscanto has begun investing in the ILS sector as the asset manager attempts to combat the negative interest rate environment in Switzerland, it wrote in its February investment policy update.
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Everest Re raised an additional $270mn of capital for Mt Logan Re at 1 January, taking its third-party assets under management to $690mn, the company disclosed on its latest earnings call.
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ILS manager Twelve Capital has become a supporting member of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF), the main umbrella body for the cooperative and mutual insurance industry.
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An ILS fund run by Deutsche Bank Asset Management (DBAM) began writing business in the January renewals after an extended incubation period, sources told Trading Risk.
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The unpegging of the Swiss franc from the euro last week will have a mixed impact on the cost base of Zurich-based ILS fund managers.