personal Insurance

Fragile market, perhaps significant ILS capital trapping, to sustain rates - CS analysts

The reinsurance marketplace remains fragile after a number of years of subpar returns and more recent stresses, which is expected,.. Read More

Stone Ridge mutual ILS funds shrink 18% to $4.1bn on redemptions

Stone Ridge Asset Management’s mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund assets shrank by a further 18% in the last quarter of,.. Read More

World Bank shelves plan for PEF 2.0 & further pandemic cat bonds: Report

Media reports state that the World Bank has shelved plans for any future issuance of pandemic catastrophe bonds and for,.. Read More

Historical Thoughts About Property Insurance Over Independence Day Weekend | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Franklin helped form The Philadelphia Contributionship For The Insurance of Houses From Loss By Fire,.. Read More

Vida Capital acquires longevity life settlement asset manager Avmont

Vida Capital, Inc., the alternative investment manager with a life settlement and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focus, has added to its,.. Read More

ARC pays Madagascar $2.3m as parametric drought policy triggered

The African Risk Capacity (ARC), a parametric sovereign disaster risk insurer for African nations, has paid the government of Madagascar,.. Read More

Cat bond rates-on-line accelerate 11% in Q2, hard market entrenched: Lane

Catastrophe bond and insurance-linked security (ILS) rates-on-line continue to accelerate away as the hard market persists, rising another 11% in,.. Read More

Rules Of The Road, by Rick Friedman | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

A must read for any practicing trial attorney – Rules of the Road: a Plaintiff Lawyer’s Guide to Proving Liability,,.. Read More

First pure wildfire cat bond in two years upsized & priced within guidance

The first California wildfire catastrophe bond transaction to be issued since the severe California season of 2018 has successfully been,.. Read More

United (UPC) reports $30m Q2 catastrophe losses, after reinsurance

Florida headquartered, expansive catastrophe exposed primary property insurer United Insurance Holdings (UPC Insurance) has pre-reported an expected $30 million pre-tax,.. Read More