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City National Rochdale ILW fund beats cat bond benchmark

The industry-loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy offered by investment adviser City National Rochdale (CNR) delivered,.. Read More

Travelers returns for $300m+ Long Point Re IV catastrophe bond

The Travelers Companies, the property & casualty insurance giant from the United States, has returned to the catastrophe bond market,.. Read More

Lloyds Traces Its Roots to a London Coffee HouseWhat Were These London Coffee Houses? | Merlin Law Group

Last week’s post, The Lloyd’s Insurance Marketplace, pointed out that Lloyd’s is not an insurance company. The post noted that,.. Read More

FedNat has "substantial doubt" it can continue as a going concern

Following its recent ratings downgrade, U.S. primary insurance carrier group FedNat has admitted there is substantial doubt over its ability,.. Read More

Access to third-party capital & ILS positive for London market: AM Best

Rating agency AM Best has maintained its outlook for the London insurance and reinsurance market at Stable, with improving access,.. Read More

Nephila's Darren Toh moves across to Climate team

Darren Toh, a portfolio strategy focused employee of insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Nephila Capital, has moved across to the,.. Read More

Insurance-linked securities, (Re)set & ready - ILS NYC 2022

Last Friday we welcomed more than 200 attendees to our fifth insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference held in New York City,.. Read More

April renewals suggest cat reinsurance prices can go higher: Moodys

The recent April reinsurance renewals season has provided further details on 2022 pricing trends and reinsurers’ catastrophe risk exposure profile,,.. Read More

Cat bond spreads widening as market experiences mismatch

The catastrophe bond market is seeing spreads widen for practically all new issuances, with market sources telling us about a,.. Read More

A Warning for Norman, Oklahoma Policyholders on the One-Year Anniversary of the April 28, 2021, Catastrophic Hailstorm | Merlin Law Group

On April 28, 2021, policyholders in Norman, Oklahoma, and surrounding areas were rocked by a catastrophic hailstorm with baseball size,.. Read More

USAA's latest cat bond sees riskiest tranche pulled, as prices rise

The latest catastrophe bond for long-standing sponsor USAA has seen its riskiest tranche of notes pulled from the issuance, while,.. Read More

SURE secures debut $150m Gateway Re cat bond at top-end pricing

The first catastrophe bond to be sponsored by coastal property insurance underwriter SURE, or the SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, has,.. Read More