ILS Trades for the Week of December 15
Trading in insurance linked securities (ILS) primed for maturity dominated the market in the final full week of activity prior
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CEA Pushes For Multi Year Cat Deals, Alters Ratings Hurdle
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) will focus in expanding its “transformer” reinsurance and catastrophe bond program by focusing on multi-year
Two Reasons Why Daniel Loeb Dropped Out of the Catastrophe Bond Business
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. — the Bermuda-based insurance play of hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb — announced Thursday that his firm is
Models Make Terrorism Risk Advances Primed for ILS, But Questions Remain
Following Congressional failure to renew the U.S. terrorism insurance backstop, industry professionals agree that terrorism exposures can modeled and
Yes Virginia, There Will Be a Super Bowl If TRIA Fails
The last minute push for renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) before is sunsets on December 31 has
November 11, 2014
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today The Seismologists Accused of Manslaughter [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/
November 7, 2014
Geo-Targeting Storm Surge, Eerily Quiet Reinsurance Market and an Expensive Hedge Fund Pension Push Risk Science: What You Need to
Reinsurance “Loophole” Remains Open, Florida Stays Private, TRIA Still Up in the Air
The 2014 U.S. midterm elections have pushed aside a major critic of the “hedge fund reinsurance loophole” and solidified
October 14, 2014
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Science Could Inform UN’s Loss and Damage Mechanism [http://www.scidev.
October 13, 2014
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today UM’s New Research Tank Might Hold Key to Hurricane Forecasts [http:
October 6, 2014
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Typhoon No. 18 Kills 2, Forces Thousands to Evacuate [http://Municipalities in
Catastrophe Bonds and Why Mariah Will Matter
Four years after a tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, the legal battle over a catastrophe bond linked to its losses
