Institutional investors grew ILS share, as multi-strategy funds exited: Aon

The share of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market attributed to direct institutional investors has increased in recent months, with this class of investor gaining ILS market share at the same time as multi-strategy funds have exited the space and reduced theirs, according to Aon. Data from the latest annual insurance-linked securities (ILS) market report from…

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Where possible, climate risk must be explicitly baked into models: Prospectus 2021

As vendor catastrophe models and elevated annual losses show that secondary perils have grown in prevalence for the re/insurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets, climate risk needs to be explicitly baked in, according to Kelly Hereid, Director, Catastrophe Research & Development, Liberty Mutual Insurance. On day four of Prospectus 2021, the audience was treated to…

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PCS’ Johansmeyer expects capital availability could be a major issue

The implications of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic on the re/insurance market suggests that the availability of capital is going to be a major issue, according to Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS. Yesterday, Johansmeyer delivered a thought-provoking keynote to open the penultimate day of the annual re/insurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference, Prospectus 2021. Titled, ‘The…

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AXIS returns to cat bond market for $100m+ Northshore multi-peril deal

AXIS Capital, the Bermuda headquartered global specialty insurance and reinsurance firm, has returned to the catastrophe bond market for the first time this year, with a target for an at least $100 million Northshore Re II Ltd. (Series 2021-1) issuance. AXIS Capital has sponsored catastrophe bonds a number of times since 2013, most recently sponsoring…

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Aon launches reinsurance capital advisory unit for Asia Pacific

Broking group Aon has launched an Asia Pacific Capital Advisory unit within its Reinsurance Solutions operation, as it promises to deliver a holistic approach to capital optimisation for insurers and reinsurers across the region. Capital advisory and optimisation has become increasingly important across the insurance and reinsurance world, with multiple sources of capacity available from…

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MSI GuaranteedWeather develops dual-trigger weather derivative

MSI GuaranteedWeather, LLC, a weather risk transfer focused subsidiary of MS&AD’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. (MSI), has developed a dual-trigger weather derivative product to help a renewable energy producer hedge the effects of two weather variables at the same time. In its first-use case, the dual-trigger weather derivative has been put to use for…

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ILS funds & investors forecast market growth after COVID stall: WTW survey

The market for investments in insurance-linked securities (ILS) is expected to return to growth by many of its core constituents after a stall in activity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey of the market by Willis Towers Watson has found. COVID-19 caused end-investors in ILS to postpone allocations to the market, but did not…

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Nicaragua to get $10.7m after hurricane Eta triggers parametric CCRIF policy

The Government of Nicaragua will receive a US $10.7 million payout after recent major hurricane Eta triggered its parametric tropical cyclone insurance policy with the CCRIF. The CCRIF SPC (formerly known as the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) provides a range of parametric catastrophe insurance products to the Caribbean and Central America region, including for…

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