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The firm’s external AuM has grown by 175% from 2019 to $3.3bn in 2025. -
Secondary market pricing implies the sponsor could recoup a total of $50mn on the 2022-1 A note.
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An “extraordinary” proportion of storms reached Category 5 status this year.
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The peril has been historically difficult to model compared to others.
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Insurers with SCS exposure reaped fewer benefits but still improved over Q3 2024.
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The shuttering of Munich Re Ventures reflected a focus on the reinsurer’s “core offering”.
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The (re)insurer has a higher-than-average Jamaican market share.
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The largest net individual loss was January’s California wildfires at EUR615mn.
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Widespread underinsurance and low exposures will limit losses.
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Since 2007, the Caribbean country has received $100.9mn in payments from the CCRIF.
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Many commercial risks will have London coverage, but insured values are relatively low.
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Hurricane warnings are in place for Guantanamo, Holguin and Las Tunas.
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Economic losses from the Cat 5 storm could run 30%-250% of the country’s GDP.
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Central pressure of 900mb or below would trigger a full loss of the $150mn deal.
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A US landfall is not expected, but the storm could hit the Bahamas by Friday.
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Pricing on Friday implied a potential $45mn loss to the bond, before the storm outlook deteriorated.
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The storm could bring flooding to Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti.
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Nine-month insured losses still exceeded $100bn due to California wildfires.
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The reinsurer stressed it “did not shy” from cat business in 2023.
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Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested Tuesday on destruction of property charges.
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Winds have strengthened to 80 mph, and the hurricane is expected to intensify further over the next 48 hours.
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The tropical cyclone is expected to be named Imelda.
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Equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, Ragasa is the world's strongest storm this year.
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Despite the formation of Gabrielle, there is "a very high probability" of a below-average season.
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The major storm is set to move on to mainland China later in the week.
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The economic loss from the event was around EUR7.6bn.
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The measures also seek to encourage greater wildfire mitigation efforts.
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Losses were primarily driven by personal property lines.
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The sponsor extended two notes issued in 2022.
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The volume of property cat aggregates placed grew 50% in 2025.
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The data modeling firm said losses previously averaged $132bn annually.
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The ratings agency warned negative PYD on US casualty will likely continue.
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After the LA wildfires in Q1, carriers got some relief in Q2 ahead of wind season.
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The firm has also updated the loss-calculation engines of existing Jeannie tools.
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The group claims the White House is undermining disaster preparedness.
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The US has been lucky over recent decades to avoid a $100bn insured hurricane event.
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The estimate covers property and vehicle claims.
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The firm booked net losses from the LA wildfires of EUR615.1mn in the first half.
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ILS investors have fought shy of multi-peril aggs due to low confidence in SCS modelling.
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Both organisations still predict an above-average hurricane season.
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The sidecar took $19mn of cat losses relating to the California wildfires.
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The forecast has increased since the early July update due to several additional factors.
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California wildfires account for $40bn of the insured loss tally in H1.
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The model becomes the second in the state to get approval to affect ratemaking applications.
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The firm attributed a 9% drop in reinsurance NWP partly to higher cession rates.
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Millions are evacuating after one of the strongest earthquakes in modern history.
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Mercury’s recovery from the guaranteed percentage of losses is $47mn.
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Insured losses produced the second highest first-half tally since records began in 1980.
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