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  • Interdealer broker Vyapar Capital Market Partners has launched an electronic trading platform for exchange-cleared over-the-counter (OTC) weather derivatives, Trading Risk can reveal.
  • Modelling agency Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has added Japan earthquake to its existing suite of parametric industry loss indices under the Paradex banner.
  • Munich Re’s four-year wind bond Eos Wind Limited has shrunk to $80mn from the $100mn of capacity initially planned, Trading Risk can reveal.
  • A survey for the Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA) has found that the Indian weather risk market for agriculture could reach $7bn over the next five years. According to the survey - conducted by Weather Risk Management Services India (WRMSI) - there is potential for a market with notional value of up to $20bn.
  • Chartis subsidiary the National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh (NUFICP) has placed $425mn of notes through its first cat bond - Lodestone Re.
  • Consulting actuaries Lane Clark and Peacock (LCP) expect more growth in longevity swap volumes, driven by increased life expectancy assumptions and a looming hard market for pension buy-ins and buy-outs.
  • USAA is looking to place $500mn of risk into the capital markets through its 2010 Residential Re transaction.The mammoth placement will come as good news to investors, particularly as the US insurer will be ceding diversifying perils of wildfire, winter storm and severe thunderstorm alongside the peak perils.
  • Events like the 22 April Transocean Deepwater Horizon rig disaster should be covered by capital markets investors and not insurance, according to a report by risk capital markets boutique Brave Partners.
  • Johnston Re has upsized to $305mn from the $200mn initially planned, demonstrating strong investor demand for US wind risk ahead of the Atlantic hurricane season. $200mn was placed as Class A notes, while $105mn was placed as Class B, Trading Risk understands.
  • Allianz is currently marketing Blue Fin Series 3 - a $150mn issuance offering three years of cover for US hurricanes and earthquakes.