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ILS market ‘tail’ wags strongly in Q1

17 May 2013

The capital markets undoubtedly dampened rate conditions at the 1 April renewals and are also having a "dramatic" influence on expected pricing at the June and July renewals, according to GC Securities' review of first quarter activity in the ILS market… Read more

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Alternative market to ease back on growth pedal

17 May 2013

Capital market reinsurance capacity could rise by one third over the next three years to provide $57bn of limit by 2016, GC Securities estimated in a recent new Clear Path Analysis ILS market report… Read more

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Icat and Allstate restructures highlight shifting buying patterns

12 April 2013

Reinsurance programme restructures from two very different buyers in the lead-up to the key mid-year wind renewal have provided early evidence of an expected increase in participation from alternative providers in the traditional open market for US cat reinsurance… Read more

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The ABCs of ILS fee cuts: the Alpha vs Beta debate

12 April 2013

Niklaus Hilti, ILS manager at Credit Suisse - the second-largest operator in the ILS fund sector - said last year that reinsurers trying to take on the funds management business "all think this is El Dorado"… Read more

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Quake losses topple 2005 record

12 April 2013

Swiss Re now ranks 2011 ahead of 2005 as the costliest catastrophe year ever for insurers, according to the reinsurer's latest Sigma report… Read more

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Discipline amid declining prices

12 April 2013

The ILS market is maintaining discipline even as strong demand pushes down pricing, participants at the inaugural Sifma Trading Risk roundtable argued… Read more

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Steady as we grow

15 March 2013

Dion Williams from law firm Taylor Wessing explores some of the issues investors in the latest generation of sidecars should be aware of… Read more

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Reconfigured reinsurers will chase longer-term money

15 March 2013

Reinsurers are likely to pursue third party capital structures with longer-term horizons such as cat funds or permanent sidecars in 2013, while the number of temporary, opportunistic sidecars looks set to diminish, a panel of experts agreed at the annual Sifma ILS conference… Read more

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TWIA uncertainty dominates as residual renewal gets underway

15 March 2013

The future of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is looking increasingly uncertain as the US residual insurance market heads toward the reinsurance renewal season… Read more

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ILS market yet to test tail

15 March 2013

The ILS market's track record does not yet reflect the true "tail risk" nature of the asset class, research firm Conning warned in a new report on the market… Read more

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