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Vantage Risk - set up to utilise ILS right from the beginning: CEO Hendrick

Vantage Risk, the insurance and reinsurance start-up launched in time for the January renewals, was set up to use insurance-linked,.. Read More

Aspen secures $300m Kendall Re 2021 cat bond, pricing falls 15%+

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited successfully secured its new catastrophe bond transaction at its upsized target of $300 million, while,.. Read More

USAA returns with $275m aggregate Residential Re 2021-1 cat bond

USAA, the U.S. primary mutual insurance company, is back in the catastrophe bond market for yet another transaction, as it,.. Read More

Travelers reports highest-ever level of Q1 catastrophe losses

U.S. primary insurance carrier Travelers has reported what its CEO Alan Schnitzer calls its “highest-ever level of first quarter catastrophe,.. Read More

Aeolus hires Amit Patel from Aksia as Client Portfolio Manager

Aeolus Capital Management Ltd., the Bermuda based reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused investment fund manager, has hired experienced alternative,.. Read More

Munich Re forecasts Q1 winter storm & COVID losses, doesn't say how much

German global reinsurance giant Munich Re is anticipating reporting above average major losses from February’s US winter storms and freezing,.. Read More

The Insurance Coverage Gap WorsensFarmers Policy Changes Approved

Last week the Supreme Court of Texas weighed in on a longstanding dispute regarding the decision by Farmers Group Inc.,.. Read More

Aon - Willis Towers Watson divestiture reports expand to US & Bermuda

Aon and Willis Towers Watson (WTW) negotiations with competition and antitrust authorities around the world continue, with the latest reports,.. Read More

Everest Re hit by $260m Q1 cat losses, sees Texas winter storms at $15bn

Everest Re, the globally active insurance and reinsurance company, has pre-announced an expected $260 million catastrophe loss load for the,.. Read More

ILS capital recovery continued in Q4 2020, rising $2bn to hit $94bn: Aon

Alternative reinsurance capital levels, largely from insurance-linked securities (ILS), continued to rebound in the fourth-quarter of 2020, adding $2 billion,.. Read More

The Hartford expects $214m of Q1 cat losses, $176m from winter storms

U.S. insurer The Hartford is the latest to pre-announced the impacts of natural catastrophes and severe weather in the first-quarter,.. Read More

ILS investors to increasingly favour low severity risks: AM REs Zayicek

Ernie Zayicek, Chief Operating Officer at AM RE Syndicate Inc., believes that the attritional, low severity types of risks offered,.. Read More