September 2008/1

A number of Eurowind cat bonds have been marked down in price on the secondary market, after failing to find buyers, according to senior market sources. Despite traders reporting the majority of cat

ILS activity “slowed”, during the July reinsurance renewal season, with maturing cat bond capacity exceeding new issues by $700mn, according to broker Willis Re. In its mid-year reinsuran

Aon Corp has triumphed over its rival Guy Carpenter for the £844mn prize of Benfield Group, including its specialist corporate finance firm Benfield Advisory. If the acquisition is completed, then th

Derivatives broker GNI Touch is offering a service to UK high net worth individuals to enable them to trade IFEX event linked futures on the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE). The target audien

Swiss Re Capital Markets has won a $1.5bn mandate to securitise US earthquake risk for the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) in its latest – and by far the largest – deal, Trading Ris

Moody’s Investors Service further downgraded the unwrapped tranches of beleaguered Scottish Re’s $2.1bn XXX reserve life securitisation, Ballantyne Re, citing mark-to-market losses in the