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A Christmas PresentCitizens Managed Network Vendor Program Best Claims Practices & Estimating Guidelines | Merlin Law Group

Nancy Dominguez of the Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters provided a little public records Christmas gift. The Citizens Managed,.. Read More

George Town Re silver jubilee - $135bn of catastrophe bonds tracked

This December marks the 25th anniversary, or silver jubilee, of the issuance of a landmark catastrophe bond transaction, the ,.. Read More

Is Matching Required in Kentucky? | Merlin Law Group

Matching is required in Kentucky. A Kentucky regulation requires insurance companies to “replace all items in the area so as,.. Read More

Enormous potential for cat bonds in Greater Bay Area: Hong Kong's Carrie Lam

Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Government of Hong Kong, sees “enormous potential” for catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS),.. Read More

Tornadoes put aggregate & quota share renewals under more pressure

For those in the collateralised reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, the recent damaging tornado outbreak and severe US weather,.. Read More

Investors welcomed subrogation feature of Topanga Re cat bond: Swiss Re's Monnier

According to Jean-Louis Monnier, head of retrocession & ILS structuring at Swiss Re Capital Markets, an “innovative subrogation extension mechanism”,.. Read More

New Tailwind Re cat bond from AIG's Validus could hit $425m

The new catastrophe bond issuance being sponsored by Validus, the Bermuda headquartered reinsurance underwriting arm of AIG, looks likely to,.. Read More

Alpina Capital gets approval to manage collective assets

Alpina Capital, the asset manager that took over the management and distribution of the Falcon Private Bank catastrophe bond funds,,.. Read More

What is the Michigan Law on Misrepresentation in the Application for Property Insurance? Can a Wrong Answer About Taxes Void the Policy? | Merlin Law Group

Insurance applications are extremely important. An otherwise covered claim can be denied because of an application error. A recent case1,.. Read More

CATCo retro fund gains again, NAVs now 148% & 231% higher than lows

The CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., the listed, retrocession focused insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy managed by Markel CATCo Investment,.. Read More

NN Groups first Orange Capital Re cat bond priced at low-end of guidance

Netherland’s based insurer NN Group, or Nationale-Nederlanden, has now successfully secured its first slice of catastrophe bond backed reinsurance protection,,.. Read More