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CATCo reports favourable development on 2017 & 2018 catastrophes

The CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., the listed, retrocession focused insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy managed by Markel CATCo Investment,.. Read More

Best of Artemis, week ending February 6th 2022

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending February 6th 2022, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and,.. Read More

Can Texas Roofing and Restoration Companies Advertise That They Are Insurance Specialists and Can Negotiate on the Policyholders Behalf? | Merlin Law Group

The answer to this question would have been “no” until a Texas appellate court sustained first amendment challenges to Texas,.. Read More

Sebo Claims Practice Case Moving Towards Trial | Merlin Law Group

The Sebo concurrent causation coverage case made significant Florida insurance law. It is now headed for trial on its first-party,.. Read More

A Follow Up To Good Faith (WKA Bad Faith) Lawsuits Do Not Always Result in a Policyholder Trial Victory | Merlin Law Group

A recent Georgia case1 is an example of a loss that should never have been made into a “bad faith”,.. Read More

Digitization a first step towards ILS fund manager collaboration: Synpulse

Joel Smith, Associate Partner at Synpulse, a global management consulting firm, has argued that digitizing processes and information exchange represents,.. Read More

Kin taking greater control of its reinsurance with Kincession

Direct to consumer homeowners insurtech Kin Insurance appears to have an ambition to take greater control of its reinsurance arrangements,,.. Read More

Twelve Capital positive on re/insurance sector investing for 2022

Investment manager Twelve Capital has explained that it believes the insurance and reinsurance sector has positive attributes as an investment,.. Read More

Positive cat bond market momentum will continue: Klugman, Swiss Re

There is “no doubt” that the positive momentum witnessed in the catastrophe bond market over recent years will continue, according,.. Read More

Markel CATCo buy-out terms sweetened after settlement reached

Markel CATCo Investment Management has announced a sweetening of the terms of the buyout process for its retrocessional reinsurance investment,.. Read More

Good Faith (WKA Bad Faith) Lawsuits Do Not Always Result in a Policyholder Trial Victory | Merlin Law Group

I can imagine some readers are wondering why I did not simply title this post with the words “Bad Faith”,.. Read More

Markel has full-confidence in Nephila: Co-CEO Whitt

Markel Corporation has full-confidence in the ability of its insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist manager Nephila Capital to deliver results over,.. Read More