Four cat bond issuances added to Kane SAC

Kane’s Bermuda segregated account company has added four catastrophe bond issuances in...
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Record ILS issuance in 2014

The pricing of Nakama Re on 12 December has pushed the total...
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Quiet third quarter not dampening ILS expectations

Global brokers Willis remain bullish in the expectation insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance...
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ILS and alternative capital now 20% of property catastrophe reinsurance

Twenty per cent of worldwide property catastrophe reinsurance was provided by insurance-linked...
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Exclusive: Gibraltar set to publish ILS guidelines

Captive Review has learnt that Gibraltar's Financial Services Commission (FSC) is expected...
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Kane catbonds surpass $135m in 12 months

Kane SAC has issued two new notes on the Bermuda Stock Exchange...
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Record quarter for cat-bonds, but individual insureds are slow to join the party

The largest ever volume of non-life catastrophe bonds was issued during the...
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ILS opportunities opened up to mid-market captives – Aon

Aon Benfield Securities has launched CATstream, providing clients, including captives, with efficient...
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Dutch cat bond formed for windstorms

Aon Benfield Securities has completed the first Europe windstorm indemnity catastrophe bond...
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Eastern Asia nat cat losses up fourfold

Weather-related loss events in Eastern Asia have increased by more than a...
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Willis places $300m cat bond

Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), the capital markets and advisory business...
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GC Securities completes MTA cat bond

US registered broker-dealer GC Securities, a division of MMC Securities Corp., has...
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Cat bond and ILS market at record six year high

The capacity of new catastrophe bond deals in the first-half of 2013...
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European flooding impacts ILS

The average return of insurance-linked security (ILS) funds has fallen due to...
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Towers Watson brings a new $60m cat bond to market

The catastrophe bond specialist arm of global professional services firm Towers Watson,...
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Lloyd’s insurer warns over third party capital

Lloyd’s insurer Beazley has said the traditional reinsurance model will be permanently...
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Swiss Re predict record year for ILS and cat bonds

The catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has hit near-record levels...
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AIG: Tradewynd Re cat bond completes

American International Group (AIG) latest catastrophe bond deal, Tradewynd Re Ltd. has...
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Downward pressure on reinsurance rates to continue

Reinsurance market rates on line (ROLs) continued to be driven by an...
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Hiscox launches new Bermuda SPI

Bermuda-based insurer Hiscox has brought a new, fully capitalised special purpose insurer...
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Towers Watson close $30.49m cat bond

Towers Watson Capital Markets (TWCM), the wholly owned subsidiary of global professional...
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Leadenhall awarded mandate from NZ Superannuation Fund

Leadenhall Capital Partners has been awarded a mandate to construct and manage...
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Further US storms predicted to trigger cat bond market

With Oklahoma’s tornado expected to be become the largest single tornado insurance...
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Eighth cat bond for Allianz

Berlin based Allianz is among the most prolific sponsors of catastrophe bonds,...
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Cat bond issuances low in Q1 2013

The first quarter of 2013 proved to be underwhelming for issuance of...
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New cat bond for Allianz

Allianz have issued a new catastrophe bond with aims to gain reinsurance...
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Five new captives for Bermuda Q1 2013

New (re)insurers starting up in Bermuda has increased 85% over the past...
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Cat bond boom predicted for Cayman

The Cayman Islands’ catastrophe bonds market is expected to thrive in 2012...
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New Zealand’s captive market predicted to expand

New Zealand’s captive market is expected to increase in the wake of...
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Swiss Re places $106.5m cat bond

Swiss Re has obtained $106.5m coverage for North Atlantic hurricane, European windstorm,...
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New Cayman law re-classifies captives

The Cayman Island government has undertaken a comprehensive review of its existing...
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South Carolina enlarges regulatory team pending new formations

The South Carolina Department of Insurance has made a number of promotions...
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Good returns on cat bonds in Q1 2010

Catastrophe bonds provided significantly increased returns for investors during the first three...
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The IRS is biding its time by taking on micro-captives and will eventually refocus on...
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Randy Sadler, principal at CIC Services, discusses why captive professionals should be more strongly considering...
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Guy Carpenter’s Rick Hartmann, senior vice president, Treaty Broking, explains why – and how –...
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Ian-Edward Stafrace of Atlas Insurance PCC, a FinanceMalta member, explores how Malta’s innovative protected cell...
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