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Florida Citizens new Everglades cat bond sized up to $200m as price rises

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s target for its new catastrophe bond now stands at up to $200 million, while pricing,.. Read More

Upper Midwest hit by 100mph wind gusts as Derecho storms roll through

A damaging complex of thunderstorms raced across Upper Midwest US states including Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota yesterday, with wind,.. Read More

Peak Re names Menezes to succeed Roth as Chief Risk Officer

Peak Re, the Hong Kong based global reinsurance company, has announced that its Chief Reserving Actuary David Menezes is being,.. Read More

More insurers seeking rate hikes of 23% to 49% in Florida

As the Florida market continues to grapple with its challenges, even with the promise of some legislative change being on,.. Read More

Vesttoo hires Hiscox's Schonbrun as Chief Legal Officer, former SEC Counsel as Deputy

Vesttoo has made two senior hires in its legal function, adding former Hiscox executive David Schonbrun as Chief Legal Officer,.. Read More

How COVID-19 changed the way businesses operate.

COVID-19 has changed the game for small business owners, in large part, due to consumers’ shopping behaviors. According to a,.. Read More

Lockton Re hires Breslin from Aon for integrated ILS build-out

Global reinsurance broker Lockton Re, part of the independent Lockton broking group, has made a key hire as it moves,.. Read More

Champlain Towers Catastrophe Reaches $997M In Settlements | Merlin Law Group

Many readers know that yours truly was appointed as the insurance coverage counsel for the class of victims at the,.. Read More

Louisiana Citizens seeks $100m+ Catahoula Re 2022 cat bond in Singapore

Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the non-profit residential and commercial property insurer for those who cannot access private market insurance,.. Read More

Cat bond & ILS fund returns demolish benchmarks in 2022

Once again, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is demonstrating the value of making investments into relatively uncorrelated assets, as some,.. Read More

Travelers targets up to $600m size for new Long Point Re IV cat bond

The Travelers Companies, the US property & casualty insurance giant, has clearly had a positive experience in the catastrophe bond,.. Read More

Florida Special Session to focus on fraud, AOB abuse & affordability: CFO Patronis

Florida’s lawmakers are set to focus on affordability of property insurance for citizens of the state at the upcoming Special,.. Read More