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  • Spring has sprung in London and the optimistic spirit of renewal and growth appears to have filtered into the insurance-linked market...
  • Convergence rainmakers focused on new growth areas at the 2010 SIFMA conference last month...
  • UBS and Credit Agricole will boost the life market in Q2 with deals totalling an estimated $1bn, Trading Risk understands.
  • Heavy Q1 losses and dwindling reserves have spooked insurers over capital adequacy. Investors consider buying hybrid debt...
  • Modelling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has calculated a Paradex parametric index value of EUR1.2bn from Europe windstorm Xynthia which swept through the region in February, Trading Risk can reveal.
  • Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank is close to completing two life transactions which will add $500mn to 2010 life deal volumes, Trading Risk can reveal.The Regulation XXX and AXXX life reserve deals are expected to close in Q2 and will provide capital relief to ease regulatory reserve requirements for clients of the bank. The capital relief will be provided via structured letters of credit for specific blocks of life insurance policies, according to sources.
  • The primary insurance market will outperform reinsurers in Q1 2010 results, amid unprecedented $16bn natural catastrophe losses over the period, according to Willis Re.
  • Higher spreads for capital market cessions are justified in the current market climate, Chubb chief risk officer Joel Aronchick told an industry audience in New York (18 March) today. Speaking at the 2010 Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) conference, Aronchick commented: "Insurers should be willing to pay more for AAA rated collateral in a locked box".
  • Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has allocated a preliminary rating of BB+ to State Farm's Merna Re II transaction, Trading Risk understands.
  • Swiss Re has priced three of the original four tranches of its latest Successor cat bond, offering the reinsurer $120mn of multi peril cover over three years at less than original price guidance, Trading Risk can reveal.