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Capacity available in hard retro renewal

19 January 2012

Pricing up, retentions up, unmodelled perils debated - but generally reinsurers completed placements… Read more

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$5bn+ year forecast for hardening ILS market

19 January 2012

Cat bond brokers are expecting 2012 sales to reach at least $5bn as interest in buying alternative reinsurance solutions grows amid a hardening property catastrophe market… Read more

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Sign your name to it

19 January 2012

Each month as we send Trading Risk out into the convergence world, I'll spend a few moments wondering what all our readers will make of the new edition - and then the post-deadline surge of relief will take over… Read more

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Start-ups make splash at 1.1

19 January 2012

A handful of new cat funds made their mark on the 1 January renewal season, deploying significant capacity into the collateralised reinsurance and retro, industry loss warranty (ILW) and cat bond markets… Read more

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Trading Risk Market Survey 2012

19 January 2012

It's a bright forecast for 2012 as the annual Trading Risk Market Survey showed the convergence industry expects to continue to benefit from new investor inflows, rising pressure on property catastrophe rates and regulatory change… Read more

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ILS market off to a strong start

19 January 2012

Two natural catastrophe bonds closed at the end of December at hefty spreads to take 2011 issuance to $4.7bn, according to Trading Risk calculations… Read more

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In the pipeline…

19 January 2012

A host of diversifying offers have kicked off a rapid start to 2012 for the ILS market, including a renewal of Japanese mutual Zenkyoren's earthquake bond… Read more

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Nelson payout heads to mediation as Mariah wiped out

19 January 2012

Defunct reinsurer and cat bond sponsor Glacier Re is heading to arbitration after a prolonged dispute with the administrator of the firm's $76.5mn Nelson Re Class G notes… Read more

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Hardening market sees secondary prices stumble in 2012

19 January 2012

The Swiss Re global cat bond price return index has gradually been shedding value over the final quarter of 2011 to start 2012 at a similar level to that recorded after the March earthquake in Japan… Read more

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Record 2011 for longevity swaps

19 January 2012

Two recent billion-dollar transactions completed a stellar year for the longevity swap market, which posted volumes of more than £6bn insuring against the risk of pensioners living longer than expected… Read more

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