Life Insurers are Being Pushed Towards “Alternative” Capital, Deloitte Says
Insurers will need to look beyond traditional sources of capital — such as reinsurance and stock sales — and mull alternatives if
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Cat Modelers Juggle for Position
The influence of any single catastrophe modeling firm within insurance linked securities (ILS) only tells a piece of the market’
NGO Exploring Capital Markets Structures to Expand Index Program
Non-governmental organization (NGO) Oxfam is currently working with a New York-based consulting firm to explore the possibility of
Carrier Solvency Becoming a Bigger Life Settlement Risk
Fund managers and firms looking to pool life settlement policies need to have a better understanding of the consequences if
Moody’s Pulls Ratings on Over $2.5 Billion Genworth Life Structures
Ratings were withdrawn for several of Genworth Financial’s life securitizations last week in what may be the first of
CEA Ups Reinsurance Over $200 Million, Taps Two New Firms
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has upped its reinsurance capacity by more than $200 million by increasing the allocation to
World Bank Plans Global Push for MultiCat Program
The World Bank has held discussions with at least ten developing countries about potentially using the bank’s newly announced
GEM Launches Survey
The public/private group responsible for developing a Global Earthquake Model (GEM) has launched an online survey that it hopes
Third Quarter Cat Bonds Were Good, Fourth Quarter Needs to Be Great
Dedicated managers and reinsurers kept the catastrophe bond market in recovery for the third quarter, but their appetite will need
Cat Bonds May Favor Caymans
Bermuda’s move to create a supervisory regime to attract capital market structures into its established reinsurance market will have
P/C Pros Defend Bermuda’s Domicile Dominance
Bermuda will remain a center for the property/casualty reinsurance business for a long time to come even as the
Life Settlement Securitizations Need Warehousing, Liquidity to Flourish
The potential of pooling and then securitizing life settlement transactions will never be fully realized unless the market figures out
