While global catastrophe losses have hit a five-year low, losses from severe convective storms and hail in the U.S. and North America continued a disturbing upward trend, according
The first catastrophe bond issued to cover Turkish earthquake risk is trading above par after briefly trading at a discount earlier this year. Bosphorus 1 Re Ltd.’s series 2013-
Australia’s top financial regulator has adopted new reporting requirements for life reinsurance deals, “enhancing” the data collection that will include more information needed from alternative finance providers. The Australian
North Carolina will enter the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season without a significant premium increase after the state’s insurance commissioner rejected a 25% property insurance hike despite pleas from the
Trading in insurance linked securities (ILS) primed for maturity dominated the market in the final full week of activity prior to the holiday break. Both Combine Re (Swiss Re) and
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) will focus in expanding its “transformer” reinsurance and catastrophe bond program by focusing on multi-year agreements, according to documents from last week’s board
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. — the Bermuda-based insurance play of hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb — announced Thursday that his firm is dropping its catastrophe fund platform called Third Point Reinsurance
Following Congressional failure to renew the U.S. terrorism insurance backstop, industry professionals agree that terrorism exposures can modeled and may even be an attractive risk for securitization if traditional
The last minute push for renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) before is sunsets on December 31 has included the a rising internet meme that the National Football
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Geo-Targeting Storm Surge, Eerily Quiet Reinsurance Market and an Expensive Hedge Fund Pension Push Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Personalized Hurricane Risk Gauge Targets Deadliest Stage
The 2014 U.S. midterm elections have pushed aside a major critic of the “hedge fund reinsurance loophole” and solidified the depopulation of the Florida windstorm market. But despite these
