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Markel funded buy-out proposal seeks to speed return of CATCo capital

A new proposal from Markel CATCo Investment Management and Markel Corporation seeks to speed the return of capital from the,.. Read More

Best of Artemis, week ending September 26th 2021

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending September 26th 2021, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and,.. Read More

Assignment of Benefits Valid Only If All Policyholders and the Mortgagee Agree | Merlin Law Group

A second court of appeals in Florida has upheld a limitation in a policy that prevents assignments of property insurance,.. Read More

Retro softened through 2021, with ILW prices down materially: GC's Cook

The retrocession market failed to harden as hoped for through 2021, with in some cases rapid and material declines in,.. Read More

Climate change not yet a significant determinant of reinsurance pricing: S&P

Analysis from S&P Global Ratings suggests that reinsurance firms may be underestimating their natural catastrophe exposures by anywhere from 33%,.. Read More

Industry over-reserved for March 2021 Australian floods: PERILS

The industry loss to insurance and reinsurance markets from March’s severe flooding that affected New South Wales and Queensland, Australia,.. Read More

The Illinois Supreme Court Concludes That Labor Cannot Be Depreciated In Arriving At An Actual Cash Value Loss Settlement | Merlin Law Group

Whether labor can be depreciated in arriving at an actual cash value property loss settlement has been a hot topic,.. Read More

Discipline persists despite new capacity: Hannover Re's Althoff

The upward trajectory of rates on line will continue at the January 1st 2022 reinsurance renewals, including European accounts hit,.. Read More

Hurricane Nicholas insured loss estimated up to $2.2bn by RMS

Catastrophe risk modeller RMS has come out with a high estimate of insurance and potential reinsurance losses for recent hurricane,.. Read More

Zenkyoren secures its largest cat bond ever, with $775m Nakama Re 2021-1

Zenkyoren, the Japanese National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives and one of the world’s largest buyers of catastrophe reinsurance,.. Read More

Flight to quality continues as ILS managers get benchmarked: Lohmann & Matter, Schroders

There is a clear and ongoing ‘flight to quality’ where ILS funds are concerned, according to Dirk Lohmann, Chairman and,.. Read More

Climate change impact on catastrophe claims is investors biggest fear

The potential impact from climate change on natural catastrophe P&C insurance and reinsurance claims is the biggest fear of investors,.. Read More