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RenRe cedes losses to investors, as Ian dents cat bonds & performance fees

RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda headquartered reinsurance and third-party capital management specialist, passed on some $372.4 million of losses to investors in,.. Read More

Nephila Capital's net assets drop 8% to $7.8bn on hurricane Ian impacts

Nephila Capital, the flagship insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management operation owned by Markel Corporation, has reported a $700 million decline,.. Read More

Emotional and Mental Health Recovery Following Hurricane Ian | Merlin Law Group

This post will be one of several posts about an often overlooked aspect of hurricane disasters—the emotional and mental health,.. Read More

K2 expects "material" ILS price dislocation after Ian, opportunistic entry point

K2 Advisors, the hedge fund focused investment management unit of Franklin Templeton, has said that in the wake of hurricane,.. Read More

Only scratching surface with respect to cat bonds: World Bank Treasurer

When it comes to the use of catastrophe bonds in disaster risk financing, so far we’re only “scratching the surface”,,.. Read More

Parametric insurance gains momentum in Africa, but more to do: ARCs Ndlovu

Parametric insurance products are slowly gaining momentum in Africa, but according to Lesley Ndlovu, CEO of the African Risk Capacity,.. Read More

Cat bond fund index starts post-Ian recovery. More significant gains to come?

Catastrophe bond funds, as measured by the , appear to have hit the bottom of their hurricane Ian related decline,,.. Read More

Super typhoon Noru did not trigger Philippines catastrophe bond

The calculation agent for the Philippines government’s World Bank issued catastrophe bond has now completed its analysis of recent,.. Read More

Hurricane Roslyn not a threat to Mexico's catastrophe bond: Twelve Capital

Hurricane Roslyn made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coastline as a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of around 120mph,.. Read More

Typhoon Nanmadol industry loss pegged at just $773m by PERILS

The first official estimate of insurance and reinsurance industry losses from Japanese typhoon Nanmadol, which struck the country in September,.. Read More

Do Insurance Companies Compete Based Upon Claims Payments? More Thoughts About Steve Badger Being Rope-a-Doped | Merlin Law Group

Steve Badger is an excellent insurance company advocate. While I poked professional fun at our latest debate in last week’s,.. Read More

Swiss Re cat bond index recovers some of the Ian decline. US wind up nearly 14%

The catastrophe bond market index calculated by Swiss Re Capital Markets has recovered a relatively significant chunk of the ground,.. Read More