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CATCo's retro fund to deliver $37.9m more trapped capital back to investors

Markel CATCo Investment Management’ in run-off retrocession focused investment fund, the CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., is expecting another significant,.. Read More

Euro windstorm Victoria / Dennis industry loss raised 20% to EUR 344m

The insurance and reinsurance market loss from February 2020’s European windstorm Victoria, also known as storm Dennis in the UK,,.. Read More

Irma industry loss creep triggers aggregate ILW for Blue Capital Re

The industry loss from 2017’s hurricane Irma has continued to rise in recent weeks, with the latest increase having triggered,.. Read More

Best of Artemis, week ending 16th August 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 16th August 2020, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and,.. Read More

OSHA Compliance in a Pandemic World | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

Note: This guest post is by Kevin Dandridge, certified OSHA instructor and owner of 1 Life Safety. He has certifications,.. Read More

What are Surplus Lines Carriers and How Are They Different From Admitted Carriers? | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

We are sometimes asked, what is a surplus lines carrier? This usually happens when working on a case involving Lloyds,.. Read More

Push & pull to drive life ILS growth, says L&G Re CEO, Olunloyo

The huge volume of outstanding pension liabilities coupled with an increasing weight of available alternative capital searching for smart business,,.. Read More

Replacement Cost Value and Actual Cash Value Should Be The Same For a Brand New ItemBut Not If You Are Insured By GEICO | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

A recent case involving replacement cost value and actual cash value was recently decided—wrongly.1 The case involved an automobile, and,.. Read More

Covid-related cat bond & ILS spread widening drove inflows: Swiss Re

As the global effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic were being felt across financial markets earlier this year, the insurance-linked,.. Read More

CelsiusPro doubles-down on big-data for parametrics & weather risk transfer

CelsiusPro AG, the Swiss headquartered weather index insurance and parametric risk transfer specialist, is doubling down on the use of,.. Read More

Aetnas medical benefit ratio drops further below Vitality Re ILS trigger in Q2

For the second-quarter of 2020, the medical benefit claims ratio reported by CVS-owned health insurer Aetna dropped even further below,.. Read More

Hudson Structured upsizes investment in insurtech Kin

Insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance and transportation focused investment manager Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. has participated in a $35 million,.. Read More