personal Insurance

CATCo retro fund rises 7% on reduced 2017 wildfire claims (subrogation?)

Some shareholders in the CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., Markel CATCo Investment Management’s listed retrocession focused investment fund, have benefited,.. Read More

ILS fund manager Gildenbrook launched with $850m of capital by Brookman

The Gildenbrook Group has been founded by experienced ILS industry executive Daniel Brookman and has today launched Gildenbrook Capital Management,.. Read More

Louisiana insured hurricane losses reach $7.7bn in 2020: Commissioner

Hurricane impacts to the State of Louisiana during the record-breaking 2020 season are estimated to have driven $7.7 billion of,.. Read More

Proposed Property Insurance Bill In the Florida Senate Protects Insurance Companies Over Voters and Policyholders

The title to this blog answers the question raised in a headline news article, Who Does The Proposed Property Insurance,.. Read More

Aon & Willis Towers Watson reveal leadership of combined company

Aon and Willis Towers Watson have jointly announced the leadership team of the company that will emerge once its proposed,.. Read More

Mexico's cat bond coverage continues, despite shuttering of FONDEN

Mexico’s still in-force $485 million   catastrophe bond will continue to provide the country with important disaster insurance protection, as,.. Read More

W. R. Berkley cites two investors behind Lifson Re reinsurance sidecar

In launching its first collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle and engaging with third-party investors on the recently announced Lifson Re Ltd.,.. Read More

Below average December cat losses still have aggregate implications: Jefferies

Global insurance and reinsurance market catastrophe losses came in some 16% below the long-term average, but there could still be,.. Read More

Jamaica: World Bank cat bond still underway. Gets CCRIF rainfall payout for Zeta & Eta

Jamaica continues to work with the World Bank on a first catastrophe bond for the country the Finance Ministry has,.. Read More

RenRe added $730m+ to third-party capital vehicles at 1/1

RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda-based reinsurance firm and third-party capital management specialist, has revealed that it raised an additional over $730 million,.. Read More

ILS cedents need to restore investors' trust: Halm, CCR Re

It’s down to insurance-linked securities (ILS) cedents and sponsors to work to restore trust in the ILS investor community, by,.. Read More