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July 2008/1
  • Deutsche to test ILS hunger with LAZR launch
    Deutsche Bank is marketing a new trigger mechanism for insurance linked securities (ILS), with a $120mn Florida-only wind bond as the first transaction, Trading Risk can reveal. The LAZR transaction
    06 July 2008
  • ICAP-JLT drives electronic cat trading
    ICAP-JLT, the catastrophe swap brokerage joint venture, has launched a new screenbased insurance linked securities (ILS) broking service to trade cat bonds and “other ILS”, according to t
    06 July 2008
  • Former Guy Carp exec forms ILS advisory firm
    Christopher McGhee, former head of Guy Carpenter & Co’s specialist investment banking arm GC Securities Ltd, has formed an insurance-focused banking advisory firm. McGhee has partnered with New
    06 July 2008
  • Europe's loss index launch delayed
    The much-anticipated launch of a comprehensive, stand-alone European windstorm loss index has been delayed until at least “the beginning of 2009” after failing to gain sufficient commitme
    06 July 2008
  • Monoline woes lead to life downgrades
    Life insurer UNUM Group had two of its life securitisations downgraded in June by rating agency AM Best following the downgrade of beleaguered monoline insurer MBIA. Ratings on both the $130mn 2006 c
    06 July 2008
  • Nephila excited by Man's arrival
    ILS pioneer Nephila Capital says its tie-up with Man Group will fuel greater interest in the traded (re)insurance risk sector because it will bring new investors to the market. Last month, the hedge
    06 July 2008
  • RMS launches risk trading platform
    Risk modelling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) aims to boost investment in the insurance linked securities (ILS) market with an electronic ILS portfolio management platform. Aimed at “maki
    06 July 2008
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