Rates
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Aetna Life achieved its lowest coupon ever on the Class A tranche.
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Some reductions in demand might follow as policies change hands, but this will not be a key influence on renewal dynamics. -
Social inflation is not just a Florida issue – it's also top of mind in the casualty market.
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Rates jumped in aerospace after recent costly losses.
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Intermediaries called the renewal “asymmetric” and “divergent” as rates began to move up after a pressured few years.
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Alternative capital made up $60mn of the capacity Tremor priced last year, the company announced.
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The retro transaction priced below the target range, according to sources.
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Recent disasters have tested the idea of catastrophe risk as a short-tail risk.
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Both tranches of the transaction priced at the bottom of the guidance range.
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Hyperion X estimated retro rates have risen to around 140 percent of their pre-Irma levels.
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Over the past year, Willis Re's index shows riskier deals and a hardening market have lifted average cat bond yields.
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The broker's chairman of international business James Vickers said reinsurers are only trimming capacity on the edges of the cat market.
