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Demex funded & backed by Nephila & Munich Re capacity for climate risk transfer

Nephila Capital, the world’s largest ILS and reinsurance fund manager, is to provide weather risk capacity to support The Demex,.. Read More

Munich Re appoints Ren Mck as Head of Capital Partners, Americas

Global reinsurance firm Munich Re has appointed René Mück as its new Head of Capital Partners, Americas, the division where,.. Read More

Oxbridge Re's sidecar shrinks to $216k for 2020 renewal

Cayman Islands based reinsurance firm Oxbridge Re Ltd. has renewed its fully-collateralised reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS Ltd. for,.. Read More

Who Has the Burden to Prove an Exception to an Exclusion of Coverage in an Insurance Policy? | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

The Certified Question: On July 2, 2020, a Ninth Circuit court of Appeals panel certified the following three-part question to,.. Read More

Windstorm Ciara / Sabine industry loss raised 4% to EUR 1.611bn

The insurance and reinsurance market-wide loss related to the February 2020 European windstorm Ciara, also known as Sabine and Elsa,,.. Read More

Beirut explosion insured loss seen ~30% of $5bn - $10bn: Association

The eventual insurance and reinsurance market loss from last week’s devastating explosion in the port area of Beirut, Lebanon is,.. Read More

Live webcast: Reinsurance & ILS in 2021. Outlook for a COVID-19 world

We’re hosting , featuring senior reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market executives discussing the state of play and the outlook,.. Read More

RMS updates its HWind hurricane forecasting products

Catastrophe risk modelling specialist RMS has updated its suite of HWind hurricane forecasting products, which are part of the RMS,.. Read More

Global Parametrics builds out team with weather scientist & software hires

Global Parametrics, the parametric and index-based disaster risk transfer company, has added two hires as it continues to build out,.. Read More

Evolution of Singapore's ILS infrastructure to attract new sponsors

As Singapore evolves as an insurance-linked securities (ILS) domicile and enables regulatory, legal and tax changes, the ability of the,.. Read More

Berkshire's increased property reinsurance appetite evident in results

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made its resurgent appetite for property and casualty reinsurance underwriting evident in the second-quarter, as the,.. Read More

Hurricane Isaias insured losses estimated at $4.2bn by KCC

Hurricane Isaias may have caused the insurance and reinsurance industry a loss of as much as $4.2 billion, according to,.. Read More