Personal Insurance

Enforcement Action Shuts Down AOBs and Contractors Negotiations For Repair Costs | Merlin Law Group

Insurance restoration contractors play an important role in a policyholder’s, and often community’s, recovery following a disaster. Many restoration contractors,.. Read More

Toa Re Europe sponsored the $25m Silver Crane private cat bond

We can now report that it was Toa Re Europe, the Switzerland-based European reinsurance arm of Japanese group Toa Reinsurance,.. Read More

Private catastrophe bonds surpass $1bn for first time in 2021

For the first time on-record, annual issuance of privately placed catastrophe bond transactions has surpassed $1 billion in 2021, as,.. Read More

World Bank targets sovereign risk transfer for Indonesia by 2024

The government of Indonesia continues to work towards better management of its natural disaster risks and, with the assistance of,.. Read More

Best of Artemis, week ending January 9th 2022

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending January 9th 2022, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and,.. Read More

Right to Repair: How Peoples Trust Insurance Companys Preferred Contractor Endorsement Leaves Policyholders Over a Barrel | Merlin Law Group

For a crash course in right to repair issues, one need only perform a brief search of cases involving People’s,.. Read More

Intent to Initiate Litigation Statute in FloridaDoes It Apply to Policies Issued Before the Effective Date of the Statute? | Merlin Law Group

There is a raging legal debate about whether the new Florida statute requiring pre-suit notice is to be applied retroactively.,.. Read More

Experience matters, as ILS industry shifts: Prabis, Hiscox ILS

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment industry is experiencing a shift driven by changing investor priorities and this is playing to,.. Read More

AIG's Validus kicks off 144A cat bonds for 2022, with $400m Tailwind Re

Validus, one of the AIG reinsurance brands under AIG Re, is the first to complete a 144A catastrophe bond issuance,.. Read More

UK Gov committee approves plan to exempt ILS from Stamp Duty taxes

This week, UK Member’s of Parliament (MP’s) approved the passage of new Government legislation designed to exempt insurance-linked securities (ILS),.. Read More

Hannover Re's vehicle Kaith Re issues $39m of private cat bonds

German reinsurance company Hannover Re has facilitated issuance of two new private catastrophe bond transactions, a $15 million California quake,.. Read More