Rates
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The price of longevity swaps has dropped this year, partly due to reinsurers adjusting their rates to reflect the slowdown in life expectancy improvement, sources told Trading Risk
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The cat bond market may hit a "speed bump" and slow down temporarily after recent hurricane losses while sponsors review their exposure, said GC Securities head of origination Cory Anger
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Hurricane Maria has compounded fears about how much retro capital could be lost or trapped ahead of the 1 January renewal, when much of the roughly $15bn-$25bn market limit renews
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The impact of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria (HIM) means the ILS sector is in line for one of its more complicated 1 January renewals, despite the fact the market's share of losses will be much more contained than it might have been
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The first week back at the desk after the reinsurance industry's annual Monte Carlo gathering can be a long and difficult slog for executives, having powered through dozens of half-hour meetings and evening receptions in sunny Monaco
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Hannover Re ceded slightly more of its Cyclone Debbie losses to retro partners as a loss-free second quarter boosted group operating profits for the period by 17 percent year-on-year to EUR399.5mn
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Alternative reinsurance growth; ILS rankings; Cyber loss potential; Egon loss estimates rise; Hannover Re fronting expansion; PIC reinsures £1bn longevity risk...
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Reinsurance and retro buyers obtained further rate reductions at the 1 July renewals, although Australian catastrophe losses led to isolated price increases.
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Second quarter cat bond issuances totalled $6.7bn, according to Trading Risk figures, making it the highest figure for any quarter on record
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Australasian catastrophe losses in the past year have produced isolated examples of increasing rates at the 1 July reinsurance renewals, according to sources.
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Generali has lowered the price guidance on its Lion II Re 2017-1 cat bond, which would be the first ILS transaction to include European flood risks, Trading Risk understands
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Despite a softer-than-expected 1 June Florida renewal, hedging activity in the industry loss warranty (ILW) market has been slow, with buyers holding back amid a glut of capacity, sources said.