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Hurricane Delta to slam Yucatan, approach Gulf Coast at near Cat 3 strength

Hurricane Delta has weakened slightly on approach to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, but still at major Category 3 strength will deliver,.. Read More

Climate risk means we're not far off a $300bn loss year: Flandro, Hyperion X

The insurance marketplace is not that far off a $300 billion loss year and it’s vital reinsurance and ILS markets,.. Read More

Hurricane Delta hits major Cat 4 status, threat to Mexico's cat bond increasing

Hurricane Delta has now intensified into the third major hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic storm season and with further strengthening,.. Read More

Hudson Structured backs Aon's "ILS friendly" solution for intellectual property assets

Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., the insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance and transportation focused investment manager, was the largest capacity provider,.. Read More

Gross to net strategy & reinsurers heavy retro use questioned by cedants

Reinsurance cedants are increasingly concerned by the heavy use of retrocession and the gross to net strategy of some reinsurers,,.. Read More

ILS tells a compelling ESG story: Carey Olsen

Amid the ongoing expansion of the market for sustainable investment, there’s an opportunity for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector to,.. Read More

When Wine Grapes and Wildfire Smoke Meet: The Smoke Taint Claim | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

While many enjoy “smokey” notes in their wine, no one enjoys the flavor of an ashtray. But that is exactly,.. Read More

Beirut explosion insured loss said $7.5bn by local insurance association

Estimates for the eventual insurance and reinsurance market loss from the devastating explosion that struck the city of Beirut, Lebanon,.. Read More

Hurricane Delta to hit Cat 3+, threaten Mexico's FONDEN 2020 cat bond

Tropical storm Delta has quickly intensified to become Category 2 hurricane Delta as it moves through the Caribbean and the,.. Read More

Swiss Re's appetite propelled by "significant rate hardening" in catastrophe risks

In announcing its first-half results this summer, global reinsurance giant Swiss Re explained that it is experiencing and taking advantage,.. Read More

Catastrophe exposed property saw "massive rate increases" in Q3 - MarketScout

Catastrophe exposed property insurance rates saw “massive rate increases” through the third-quarter of 2020, according to the latest analysis from,.. Read More

Schroder Secquaero takes proactive approach to fair value under COVID-19

Schroder Secquaero, the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit of global asset manager Schroders, has taken a proactive approach to fair,.. Read More