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  • The investment banking arm of broker Willis has predicted at least $6bn in ILS issuance for the coming year, building on strong 2010 performance which saw $4.8bn of non-life natural catastrophe bonds placed in the capital markets.
  • ILS stalwart Swiss Re closed its fourth cat bond in the space of a month with its EUR75mn Green Fields transaction on behalf of French insurer Groupama.
  • Swiss Re closed its third Successor X offering at $170mn, taking 2010 new ILS issuance to $5.2bn.
  • Flagstone Re has confirmed that the multi-peril cat bond Montana has closed, securing the reinsurer $210mn of retrocessional capacity, as revealed by Trading Risk earlier this week.
  • Swiss Re has closed its Kortis Capital bond fully subscribed, raising $50mn from the first bond to securitise longevity risk.
  • Several US-linked cat bonds have closed successfully with Flagstone Re's multi-peril offer Montana leading the pack by raising $90mn above its target.
  • Newly minted Bermuda-domiciled catastrophe fund Catco has raised $80mn through an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange.
  • US wind prices on industry loss warranty (ILW) contracts have dropped by as much as 20 percent for certain triggers after the close of the hurricane season, according to broker Aon Benfield Global ReSpecialty.
  • Chartis subsidiary National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh (NUFI) almost doubled the size of its second Lodestone cat bond issuance, placing $450mn at the expense of the collateralised reinsurance market as ILS prices came in 30 percent cheaper, Trading Risk understands.
  • More than $1bn of cat bond and industry loss warranty (ILW) capital has been placed in 2010 using the Perils European industry loss index as a trigger.