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Friday, January 16, 2015

Richard Cutcher

Four cat bond issuances added to Kane SAC

Tags: Cat bonds, ILS, Kane

Kane’s Bermuda segregated account company has added four catastrophe bond issuances in...

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Richard Cutcher

Record ILS issuance in 2014

Tags: Aon Benfield, Cat bonds, ILS

The pricing of Nakama Re on 12 December has pushed the total...

Friday, October 17, 2014

Richard Cutcher

Quiet third quarter not dampening ILS expectations

Tags: Cat bonds, ILS, Willis

Global brokers Willis remain bullish in the expectation insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance...

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Richard Cutcher

ILS and alternative capital now 20% of property catastrophe reinsurance

Tags: Aon Benfield, Cat bonds, ILS

Twenty per cent of worldwide property catastrophe reinsurance was provided by insurance-linked...

Friday, September 05, 2014

Richard Cutcher

Exclusive: Gibraltar set to publish ILS guidelines

Tags: Cat bonds, Gibraltar, ILS

Captive Review has learnt that Gibraltar's Financial Services Commission (FSC) is expected...

Friday, August 08, 2014

Richard Cutcher

Kane catbonds surpass $135m in 12 months

Tags: Bermuda, Cat bonds, Kane, Kane SAC

Kane SAC has issued two new notes on the Bermuda Stock Exchange...

Monday, July 07, 2014

Richard Cutcher

Record quarter for cat-bonds, but individual insureds are slow to join the party

Tags: Cat bonds, ILS, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory

The largest ever volume of non-life catastrophe bonds was issued during the...

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Richard Cutcher

ILS opportunities opened up to mid-market captives – Aon

Tags: Aon Benfield, Cat bonds, ILS

Aon Benfield Securities has launched CATstream, providing clients, including captives, with efficient...

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Richard Cutcher

Dutch cat bond formed for windstorms

Tags: Aon, Cat bonds, Europe, ILS

Aon Benfield Securities has completed the first Europe windstorm indemnity catastrophe bond...

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Eastern Asia nat cat losses up fourfold

Tags: Cat bonds, Natural catastrophe

Weather-related loss events in Eastern Asia have increased by more than a...

Monday, November 04, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Willis places $300m cat bond

Tags: Cat bonds, Catlin, ILS, Willis

Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), the capital markets and advisory business...

Thursday, August 01, 2013

Richard Cutcher

GC Securities completes MTA cat bond

Tags: Cat bonds, Guy Carpenter, Marsh, MTA, New York

US registered broker-dealer GC Securities, a division of MMC Securities Corp., has...

Thursday, August 01, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Cat bond and ILS market at record six year high

Tags: Aon Benfield, Cat bonds, ILS

The capacity of new catastrophe bond deals in the first-half of 2013...

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Richard Cutcher

European flooding impacts ILS

Tags: Cat bonds, ILS

The average return of insurance-linked security (ILS) funds has fallen due to...

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Towers Watson brings a new $60m cat bond to market

Tags: Cat bonds, ILS, New Jersey, Towers Watson

The catastrophe bond specialist arm of global professional services firm Towers Watson,...

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Lloyd’s insurer warns over third party capital

Tags: Beazley, Cat bonds, Reinsurance

Lloyd’s insurer Beazley has said the traditional reinsurance model will be permanently...

Monday, July 22, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Swiss Re predict record year for ILS and cat bonds

Tags: Cat bonds, ILS, Swiss Re

The catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has hit near-record levels...

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Richard Cutcher

AIG: Tradewynd Re cat bond completes

Tags: AIG, Cat bonds

American International Group (AIG) latest catastrophe bond deal, Tradewynd Re Ltd. has...

Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Downward pressure on reinsurance rates to continue

Tags: Cat bonds, Third Party

Reinsurance market rates on line (ROLs) continued to be driven by an...

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Hiscox launches new Bermuda SPI

Tags: Bermuda, Cat bonds, Hiscox, SPI

Bermuda-based insurer Hiscox has brought a new, fully capitalised special purpose insurer...

Monday, June 24, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Towers Watson close $30.49m cat bond

Tags: Cat bonds, ILS, Reinsurance, Towers Watson

Towers Watson Capital Markets (TWCM), the wholly owned subsidiary of global professional...

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Leadenhall awarded mandate from NZ Superannuation Fund

Tags: Cat bonds, ILS, New Zealand

Leadenhall Capital Partners has been awarded a mandate to construct and manage...

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Further US storms predicted to trigger cat bond market

Tags: Cat bonds, United states

With Oklahoma’s tornado expected to be become the largest single tornado insurance...

Thursday, May 09, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Eighth cat bond for Allianz

Tags: Allianz, Cat bonds

Berlin based Allianz is among the most prolific sponsors of catastrophe bonds,...

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Cat bond issuances low in Q1 2013

Tags: Cat bonds, Guy Carpenter, Reinsurance

The first quarter of 2013 proved to be underwhelming for issuance of...

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Richard Cutcher

New cat bond for Allianz

Tags: Allianz, Bermuda, Cat bonds

Allianz have issued a new catastrophe bond with aims to gain reinsurance...

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Richard Cutcher

Five new captives for Bermuda Q1 2013

Tags: Bermuda, Cat bonds, ILS, Reinsurance

New (re)insurers starting up in Bermuda has increased 85% over the past...

Monday, December 19, 2011

Richard Cutcher

Cat bond boom predicted for Cayman

Tags: Cat bonds, Cayman Islands, Marsh, Swiss Re

The Cayman Islands’ catastrophe bonds market is expected to thrive in 2012...

Monday, November 14, 2011

Richard Cutcher

New Zealand’s captive market predicted to expand

Tags: Cat bonds, New Zealand, Reinsurance

New Zealand’s captive market is expected to increase in the wake of...

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Richard Cutcher

Swiss Re places $106.5m cat bond

Tags: Cat bonds, Cayman Islands, Natural catastrophe, Special Purpose, Swiss Re

Swiss Re has obtained $106.5m coverage for North Atlantic hurricane, European windstorm,...

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Richard Cutcher

New Cayman law re-classifies captives

Tags: Cat bonds, Cayman Islands, CIMA, Special Purpose

The Cayman Island government has undertaken a comprehensive review of its existing...

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Richard Cutcher

South Carolina enlarges regulatory team pending new formations

Tags: Cat bonds, South Carolina, Special Purpose

The South Carolina Department of Insurance has made a number of promotions...

Monday, April 26, 2010

Richard Cutcher

Good returns on cat bonds in Q1 2010

Tags: Aon Benfield, Cat bonds, ILS

Catastrophe bonds provided significantly increased returns for investors during the first three...

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