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NCIUA gets $350m Cape Lookout Re cat bond priced 12% below guidance

The North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA) has now secured the 75% upsized target of $350 million in named storm,.. Read More

Zenkyoren opts for $225m Nakama Re 2023 quake cat bond at reduced pricing

Zenkyoren, the Japanese National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, has now secured its new Japanese earthquake catastrophe bond ,.. Read More

Best of Artemis, week ending April 16th 2023

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending April 16th 2023, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and,.. Read More

Disclosures of Prior Damage and Claims Presentation Accuracy Avoid Claims Disputes | Merlin Law Group

Karen Schiffmiller, a leader and Past President of the Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters, wrote the following note in,.. Read More

Merlin Law Group Wins Bad Faith Jury Verdict | Merlin Law Group

Following receipt yesterday of a win our firm took to trial about a purely bad faith case with a verdict,.. Read More

Everyone Lives in a Flood Zone! | Merlin Law Group

Note: This guest post is by David A. Thompson, CPCU, AAI, API, CRIS. Did you know that flooding, not hurricanes, is,.. Read More

Nationwide returns to cat bond market with $150m Aquila Re I issuance

U.S. primary insurer Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has returned to the catastrophe bond market for the first time since 2020,,.. Read More

US renewals more orderly, but catastrophe rates up +30% to +100%: Gallagher Re

The renewals of US focused reinsurance programs and treaties at April 1 were more orderly than those seen at January,,.. Read More

Urban Wildfire Damage Requires Full Investigation and Testing to Determine if a Structure Is Safe for Occupancy | Merlin Law Group

How many apartment complexes and other structures have dangerous residue from smoke, and the landlord does not want to find,.. Read More

SafePort and SafeChoice secure $125m Gateway Re II debut cat bond

SafePort Insurance Company and SafeChoice Insurance Company, two carriers linked to coastal property managing general underwriter SageSure, have now secured,.. Read More

NCIUA lifts Cape Lookout Re cat bond target to $350m

The North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA) has raised its target for its latest catastrophe bond, with now $350 million,.. Read More

Aon estimates Q1 2023 global insured catastrophe losses at $15bn

Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon’s Impact Forecasting division has issued a preliminary estimate for first-quarter 2023 insured global catastrophe losses,,.. Read More