Financial

In light of its uncertain but apparent influence on both the frequency and severity of natural catastrophe events, it’s no surprise that climate change is at the forefront of the minds of catastrophe risk underwriters, investors and of course model vendors, but it’s important to remember that this is not the only uncertainty. To close…

Brookfield Asset Management Inc., the giant Canadian headquartered alternative asset manager that has around $575 billion of assets under management, is expanding in the reinsurance space with an annuities strategy through which it expects to secure up to $10 billion of additional float at the start. Brookfield is just the latest of the very large…

Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance firm, is optimistic about the opportunities it will see for its fully-collateralised reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS Ltd. The company is also optimistic about the prospects for its reinsurance business, which of course will benefit from hardening rates at renewals over the coming year. Oxbridge Re…

Having already increased the target size of its first catastrophe bond by one-third, Allied World Assurance Company (AWAC), a global insurance and reinsurance company and part of the Fairfax Financial group, has now lifted the target a little more, with the latest marketed size of the 2001 CAT Re Ltd. (Series 2020-1)  transaction now $210…

Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., the insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance and transportation investment firm, has increased its stake in specialist tech-focused provider of personal insurance to high-net-worth clients Vault, participating in an acquisition of the company from owner Allied World. Hudson Structured, which enters into insurance and reinsurance investment business as HSCM Bermuda, had been…