Personal Insurance

USAA lifts ResRe 2021-2 cat bond target to $300m as pricing drops

U.S. primary mutual insurance company USAA is hoping to upsize its latest catastrophe bond, with the new transaction now,.. Read More

Tremor enables real-time collaboration on reinsurance placements

Tremor Technologies, the insurtech with a technology-based programmatic insurance and reinsurance risk transfer marketplace, has added another innovative feature to,.. Read More

Global reinsurance market survey points to increased buying at 1/1

The results of our latest , in collaboration with Reinsurance News, suggests that the use of insurance-linked securities (ILS) capacity,.. Read More

Investor terms improved in Markel CATCo buyout

Markel CATCo Investment Management said this morning that it has received a “substantial level of investor support” for its proposed,.. Read More

Recent Isosceles private cat bond covers motor insurance risks

Sources have told us that the recently issued $21.5 million private catastrophe bond transaction provides reinsurance coverage for a,.. Read More

Understanding Louisiana Bad Faith Law When Claims Payments Are Delayed or Paid Too Late - Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog - Merlin Law Group

A recent post, Louisiana Policyholders Deserve Good Faith Claims Treatment—Understanding Louisiana Hurricane Claim Bad Faith Law, discussed fundamental Louisiana law,.. Read More

K2 "strongly overweight" cat bonds & private ILS on pricing

On still improving prospects for the sector, hedge fund specialist manager K2 Advisors has updated its view to “strongly overweight”,.. Read More

RenRe's third-party capital fee income drops on Q3 catastrophe impacts

RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda-based reinsurance firm and third-party capital management specialist, revealed that investors in its managed insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund,.. Read More

Cat bond & related ILS issuance nears annual record, now over $16.1bn

Catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) new issuance continues apace in 2021, with the total issued and tracked by Artemis,.. Read More

Howden hiring Lancashire's Redhead for Bermuda capital markets play

The Howden insurance and reinsurance broking group is expected to launch a new capital markets focused reinsurance unit in Bermuda,.. Read More

40%+ chance of a $200bn catastrophe loss year in next decade: AIR

The 1% aggregate exceedance probability insured loss (also the 100-year return period loss) from global catastrophe events has been estimated,.. Read More

Louisiana Policyholders Deserve Good Faith Claims TreatmentUnderstanding Louisiana Hurricane Claim Bad Faith Law - Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog - Merlin Law Group

Louisiana insurance law is very different from other states. Louisiana insurance bad faith law is different, makes meaningful definitions about,.. Read More