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Alternative capital, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralized reinsurance will maintain its influence on global reinsurance pricing, as a “key driver of the magnitude of future […]
READ MOREIn the future, the industry might well look back at hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria as the start of a new chapter for the alternative […]
READ MOREThird-party capital providers are ready and willing to reload following recent major catastrophe losses, while at the same time new capital is exploring post-event opportunities […]
READ MOREThe ILS market has not yet fully replaced the capital lost or trapped as a result of this year’s hurricane events, Horseshoe Group CEO Andre […]
READ MOREAlternative capital and the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is going to be an influential factor when it comes to determining just how much reinsurance and […]
READ MOREInsurance-linked securities (ILS) investors are “informed” and their lack of naivety suggests an expectation of higher rates in 2018, and many investors in the space […]
READ MOREHamilton, Bermuda, November 10, 2017—Reportage about hacked data from global law firm Appleby has highlighted the substantial lack of media understanding of offshore investment structures […]
READ MOREContrary to the long-held belief (in some circles) that ILS investors would flee from the market following any major catastrophe losses, the response so far […]
READ MOREReinsurance firms and ILS funds looking to make the most of any increase in rates at the forthcoming January renewal season are likely to make […]
READ MOREOf the $29 billion of total retrocessional reinsurance capacity tracked by broker Aon, an estimated $9 billion, or 31% is collateralised and either completely blown […]
READ MOREThe entry of the capital markets and their growth into the reinsurance industry has increased the sectors “capital elasticity” resulting in a softening of the […]
READ MOREFollowing hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria the reinsurance and ILS market is expecting to suffer its largest losses in years, for ILS it is without […]
READ MOREOn October 18 – 19, a record number of over 350 attendees from 12 different countries arrived at the Hamilton Princess for Bermuda Convergence 2017 – a networking event covering […]
READ MOREThe insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry is in response-mode as a result of the aggregation of major losses in the third-quarter of this year. But while […]
READ MOREPanel: P&C Run Off: A Capital Idea James leads the PwC Bermuda Advisory practice and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Financial Services Specialist of […]
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READ MOREThe UK rules on insurance-linked securities (ILS) were supposed to have come before the Parliament in late September, but this has been delayed by the […]
READ MOREThe Bermuda re/insurance market is expected to face a bill of somewhere around $25 billion from recent hurricane events, with the capital markets set to […]
READ MOREAs the markets begin to take stock and readjust to the impacts of two of the most devastating hurricanes the U.S. has seen in recent […]
READ MORETopic: Climate Change Impact- Hurricane Flooding The top ten list of costliest North Atlantic hurricanes is littered with storms where the majority of loss is driven by flooding, many within the […]
READ MORETopic: Ocean Risk – Implications and Opportunity The oceans are changing at their fastest rate in 65m years. There is an urgent need for a greater focus on the risks that […]
READ MOREPanel Participant: Spotlight on Investors Eveline is an Investment Director in the Credit & Insurance Linked Investments team of PGGM. She joined PGGM in 2005 and has been involved in […]
READ MORETopic: Quantifying and Sourcing US Flood Risk In this talk we provide an overview of innovative solutions that Hiscox has developed for sourcing US flood risk. We also discuss the modelling technology which underpins Hiscox’s approach […]
READ MORETopic: Mitigating Risk from Pandemics Severe outbreaks of infectious diseases could pose more of a risk to the global economy than wars or financial crises, but the world is largely unprepared […]
READ MOREPanel: P&C Run Off: A Capital Idea This session will examine why run-off is an attractive insurance exposed investment opportunity that is uncorrelated to prospective catastrophe risk. The session will help […]
READ MOREPanel: P&C Run Off: A Capital Idea This session will examine why run-off is an attractive insurance exposed investment opportunity that is uncorrelated to prospective catastrophe risk. The session will help […]
READ MORETopic: How fair is fair value? – A closer look at fair valuation for illiquid insurance-linked securities We analyse methods and techniques being developed in the collateralised reinsurance marketplace to produce […]
READ MORETopic: How fair is fair value? – A closer look at fair valuation for illiquid insurance-linked securities We analyse methods and techniques being developed in the collateralised reinsurance marketplace to produce […]
READ MORETopic: World Bank Cat Bonds & Responsible Investing The intervention will focus on why investing in the World Bank Cat Bonds should be seen as not only an investment opportunity, […]
READ MOREPanel Participant: ILS and Flood- From Talking to Action The impact of recent hurricanes and the unprecedented flooding will stimulate dialog around the past, present and potential future of catastrophe […]
READ MOREPanel Participant: ILS and Flood- From Talking to Action The impact of recent hurricanes and the unprecedented flooding will stimulate dialog around the past, present and potential future of catastrophe […]
READ MOREPanel Participant: ILS and Flood- From Talking to Action The impact of recent hurricanes and the unprecedented flooding will stimulate dialog around the past, present and potential future of catastrophe […]
READ MOREPanel Participant: ILS and Flood- From Talking to Action The impact of recent hurricanes and the unprecedented flooding will stimulate dialog around the past, present and potential future of catastrophe […]
READ MORETopic: Beyond Pandemics and Life Settlements – Opportunities for Capital Market Investors There is a lot of capital flowing into life related investment strategies. Some, such as annuity related reinsurance and […]
READ MORETopic: How tradable risk expands insurance product selection for ILS investors Extraordinary Re is the first liquid marketplace for insurance risk. By transforming any class of insurance liabilities into tradable instruments, […]
READ MORETopic: The 2017 Hurricane Season – Harvey, Irma and the End of the US Major Hurricane Drought In his talk, Dr. Guishard will examine US landfalling storms in this historic 2017 season, […]
READ MORETopic: What advantage does a financial rating give to an ILS Manager? Exploring some of the advantages of a financial rating to an ILS manager and explore the differences between […]
READ MOREBermuda insurers and reinsurers have paid out almost $73 billion in claims to European Union policyholders and claimants over the past 20 years. Of the […]
READ MOREFor years the term alternative capital and Convergence have been used to describe the capital markets’ ever-increasing participation in the insurance industry. Today, it is clear that the capital markets […]
READ MOREThe Malta Stock Exchange has been approved by its regulators to launch an Institutional Financial Securities Market (IFSM), which would enable any insurance-linked securities (ILS) […]
READ MOREILS (Bermuda) Ltd. (ILS Bermuda), organisers of Bermuda Convergence 2017 today announced a new education initiative that will provide scholarships for five Bermudian students to work towards an Associate in […]
READ MORETopic: Lottoland Deal: Introduction of a New Risk to the ILS Market – 7-year Review Bringing new diversifying risks to the nat cat dominated ILS market has been a constant topic […]
READ MORETopic: Lottoland Deal: Introduction of a New Risk to the ILS Market – 7-year Review Bringing new diversifying risks to the nat cat dominated ILS market has been a constant […]
READ MORETopic: Mathematical Modelling versus Real Data and Dynamic Pricing Audeamus Risk presents the latest developments in sourcing the Original Risk from the discipline of the Business Continuity Management and how […]
READ MOREThe need for reinsurance solutions for managing capital and earnings is as relevant as ever in today’s rapidly changing industry, but the increased use of […]
READ MOREThe amount of convergence capacity in reinsurance, so the capital in insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, reinsurer sponsored third-party capital vehicles such as sidecars and from […]
READ MOREInvestors in insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralised reinsurance investment funds are reloading in order to provide ILS fund managers with the necessary capacity to take […]
READ MOREAs capital markets investors become increasingly comfortable and understanding of pandemic risk, third-party reinsurance capital is having an influence at the start, during and after […]
READ MORETopic: Navigating Market Uncertainty: A comprehensive review of the short-term fixed income investment market As the economy continues to strengthen and interest rates move higher in the US, it is […]
READ MOREHamilton, Bermuda – ILS (Bermuda) Ltd., organisers of Bermuda Convergence 2017 today announced that Mike McGavick, CEO of the XL Group Ltd, will be one of the event’s keynote speakers. […]
READ MOREA recent Moody’s survey reveals that property & casualty (P&C) reinsurance buyers don’t expect to increase their use of alternative capital in 2018 in light […]
READ MOREWe should expect the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector and its pool of alternative reinsurance capital to be larger post-major catastrophe events, than before it. As […]
READ MOREMike McGavick serves as CEO of XL Group ltd, which provides insurance and reinsurance risk solutions globally under the XL Catlin brand. Mike is an active participant in the industry’s […]
READ MORETopic: ILS Valuation: Adopting best practices from the capital markets Consensus valuation has been the cornerstone of independent valuation & price verification best practices across many asset classes in the […]
READ MORETopic: Opportunity for Life Deals in the ILS Space Longevity risk is one of the key challenges our societies and the pension and insurance industries are facing. Difficult to analyse […]
READ MORETopic: Opportunity for Life Deals in the ILS Space Longevity risk is one of the key challenges our societies and the pension and insurance industries are facing. Difficult to analyse and […]
READ MOREData from the Artemis Deal Directory shows that catastrophe bond issuance over the 12-month period ending August 31st, 2017 reached a new market high of $13.5 billion, […]
READ MORETopic: The Perils of Structuring for New Perils – and the Opportunities Expanding the ILS pie can result from growth of mature risks and from adding or expanding the investible […]
READ MORETopic: Investment in Longevity & Life Expectancy This topic aims to share intelligence on how Abacus is capitalising on the current market liquidity in longevity contracts and life settlements. In addition, […]
READ MORETopic: Untangling Cyber Risk to Evaluate Exposures in Dollars and Probabilities Unlike traditional ILS risks such as natural catastrophe, cyber risk involves an active adversary and an evolving threat landscape with […]
READ MOREPanel Participant: Spotlight on Investors Jonathan Malawer joined K2 in July 2007. Outside of K2, he is a board member of the University of Maryland Smith School of Business New […]
READ MORETopic: Advanced Techniques in Cyber Risk Analytics This topic will discuss the recently released results of the seventh annual NetDiligence® Cyber Claims Study and the results of the tenth annual Verizon Data Breach […]
READ MORETopic: Cat bond investing: the efficiency of a passive approach An investigation of the benefits of passively constructing a cat bond portfolio to replicate the performance of the market, with low […]
READ MOREThe insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and providers of capital market backed reinsurance capacity can help with the job of narrowing the flood risk protection gap […]
READ MOREDeteriorating market conditions have not put off investors who continue to pour money into ILS funds. The AUM of the largest ILS funds grew by $13 […]
READ MOREInsurance-linked securities (ILS) has potential in helping counterparties to achieve longevity risk transfer and in financing or backing large transactions for bulk annuity insurers, according […]
READ MOREPanel Moderator: P&C Run Off: A Capital Idea This session will examine why run-off is an attractive insurance exposed investment opportunity that is uncorrelated to prospective catastrophe risk. The session will […]
READ MORETopic: Cyber Convergence: The Role of ILS Capital in the Protection and Redistribution of Cybersecurity Risk Capital markets currently decry the dearth of appropriate data and modelling capabilities to enable […]
READ MORETopic: Fast and Easy: Why Cyber ILWs Make a Difference The development of a robust global cyber insurance market requires more than sourcing and writing original risk. Insurers and reinsurers […]
READ MORETopic: CatIQ & Perils: Win-Win-Win This topic will discuss CatIQ and PERILS partnership for Canada and the benefits for the re/insurance and ILS communities, focusing on the exploration of case studies […]
READ MORETopic: CatIQ & Perils: Win-Win-Win This topic will discuss CatIQ and PERILS partnership for Canada and the benefits for the re/insurance and ILS communities, focusing on the exploration of case […]
READ MORETopic: Practical Challenges in applying Fair Value Concepts to ILS With the increasing tendency of transferring insurance risks into insurance linked securities, the valuation of these risks shifts from traditional […]
READ MORETopic: Practical Challenges in applying Fair Value Concepts to ILS With the increasing tendency of transferring insurance risks into insurance linked securities, the valuation of these risks shifts from traditional […]
READ MORETopic: Analysing the Future of ILS: Independent Modelling for Non-Cat Issuances Modelling for non-cat ILS issuances has become increasingly important as the market diversifies. This session will compare non-cat actuarial […]
READ MOREFollowing on from the record period of insurance-linked securities (ILS) activity through the first-half of this year, with a bumper volume of new catastrophe bond risk capital […]
READ MOREThe insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond market saw a “significant expansion” during the second-quarter of 2017, as a number of factors stimulated record levels of […]
READ MORETopic: Insurance Open Protocol The Insurance Open Protocol was developed to improve the understanding of risk taking as a key area of focus for institutional investors when managing their portfolios, […]
READ MOREThe book Barbarians at the Gate came out in 1990 describing the $30 billion KKR leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco. The book almost as […]
READ MOREAccording to reports, the Police Mutual Aid Association, a $2 billion pension fund for South Korean police force members, is allocating $30 million to funds […]
READ MOREThe top 10 ILS managers lifted their assets under management (AuM) by 8 percent in the first half of 2017, taking the group’s collective capital […]
READ MOREWith alternative capital deployed across insurance and reinsurance markets having grown by 6% to $86 billion from the end of 2016 to the end of Q1 2017, […]
READ MOREGenerally, insurance-linked investment fund managers have moved up a ranking of alternative asset managers over the last year, as their assets under management increased propelling […]
READ MORERoss joined the BDA as CEO in 2014, having served as an Executive Committee Board Member since inception. Under his tenure, the BDA has achieved business development successes across multi-industry […]
READ MOREDavid Burt, Bermuda’s youngest Premier, took office in July 19, 2017 after the island’s general election. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2016. Premier Burt has served […]
READ MOREInsurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond investment managers and their end-investors have been working hard to increase their market share in 2017, with pricing becoming […]
READ MOREThe total number of insurance-linked listings of catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance sidecar notes and insurance linked investments on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) […]
READ MOREWhen selecting an insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment size isn’t everything, and despite reduced returns in the space those that invest now will be in a […]
READ MOREA whopping 42% of the limit placed for Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s reinsurance renewal was sourced from collateralized markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund […]
READ MOREA number of bills aimed at reforming the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in order to make it a more sustainable system and to […]
READ MOREILS (Bermuda) Ltd., organisers of Bermuda Convergence 2017 today announced the event’s first keynote speaker, Dan Gardner – journalist, writer and consultant. Mr. Gardner is well known for his invaluable […]
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READ MOREWell known for his invaluable knowledge of business, finance, politics, international affairs and daily life, Dan lectures around the world on forecasting risk and decision-making. Co-authoring his latest bestseller, ‘Superforecasting: […]
READ MOREIt’s official. 2017 has now broken the record for full-year catastrophe bond issuance, with new risk capital issued so far already reaching $9.14 billion, according […]
READ MOREThe argument for responsible investment (RI) in insurance-linked securities (ILS) can be seen in both society, with the benefits of insurance protection, and environmental benefits, […]
READ MOREThe Open Protocol (OP) Insurance Working Group has published the final version of the Open Protocol Template and Manual for Insurance Funds, following a public […]
READ MOREEuropean pension funds have been increasing their allocations to alternative investments and this looks to have been benefitting the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, with the […]
READ MOREThe catastrophe bond and insurance-linked security (ILS) market has reached another milestone as of the 1st June 2017, with issuance for the year now at […]
READ MOREData from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) reveals that the total assets of special purpose insurers (SPI’s) licensed in the region increased to roughly $34.34 […]
READ MORELondon is at risk of losing its global share and importance in reinsurance to places like Bermuda, a new report has warned. “London Matters — […]
READ MORECatastrophe bond issuance in 2017 has already reached $7.14 billion, according to Artemis’ data, which means that the year’s deal volume has already overtaken the […]
READ MORELondon’s share of the global reinsurance market is falling as rivals such as Bermuda and Singapore take more business and the British capital is also […]
READ MOREThe London market is increasingly challenged and under pressure, according to a new report from the London Market Group (LMG) and Boston Consulting, with reinsurance […]
READ MOREData from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) reveals that the total assets of special purpose insurers (SPI’s) licensed in the region increased to roughly $34.34 […]
READ MOREAs technology continues to advance and influence industries throughout the world, the risk transfer landscape seemingly has little choice but to embrace and utilise the […]
READ MOREThe Bermuda Risk Directory website (http://www.brd.bm/) offers access to the island’s brokers, as well as insurance, reinsurance, captive insurance, and insurance-linked securities sectors, connecting users to the market’s globally-respected companies. […]
READ MOREThe catastrophe bond market got off to a “robust start” in 2017, with high issuance managing to outpace the maturities in the quarter, suggesting that […]
READ MOREThe insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to impress and broaden in terms of products and perils despite spread levels and margins continuing to decline, which […]
READ MOREThe UK’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) regulations will have their publication delayed, after Prime Minister Theresa May announced a snap election this week which means Parliament […]
READ MOREBringing insurance-linked securities (ILS) to London is clearly a hot topic and an important step for the regulators and facilitators in making London a modern, […]
READ MOREExternal capital is waiting to pour into insurance securities once a hard market arrives, according to Tony Ursano, president of reinsurance broker and ILS advisory […]
READ MOREThe U.S. House of Representatives’ Tax Reform Task Force recently unveiled its “Blueprint” for comprehensive tax reform, including a proposal to make the federal corporate […]
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READ MOREProperty Claim Services® (PCS®), a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business, has launched PCS Global Marine and Energy, its first solution outside the property-catastrophe sector. The new […]
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READ MOREBermuda continues to be the world leader in the insurance-linked securities market — but new issuance of ILS fell for a second successive year in […]
READ MOREThe world’s pension funds continued to push more deeply into alternative investments in 2016, as asset classes which offer diversification continue to prove very attractive […]
READ MORELarge and institutional investors, such as pension funds, insurers, family offices and endowments, have increased their allocations to alternatives in 2016 and are seeking diversification […]
READ MOREInvesting in catastrophe bonds is viewed as an attractive investment by some primary insurance companies, with the implementation of Solvency II meaning the assets can […]
READ MOREThe Hong Kong government’s Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) has said in a report that it sees insurance-linked securities (ILS) as an important driver of […]
READ MOREInsurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond issuance diversification was evident throughout 2016, a year that saw the percentage of U.S. wind issuance reduce substantially from […]
READ MOREFor sovereign governments, having a source of disaster risk financing and insurance provided by catastrophe bonds can help the government to borrow more on the […]
READ MOREAfter the U.S. Federal Reserve hiked interest rates in December of 2016 analysts at Morgan Stanley have said that the move wouldn’t result in a […]
READ MOREInvestment management and investments services banking group BNY Mellon recently explored the prospects for global reinsurers in 2017, and the impact market dynamics could have […]
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