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On the up… ILW market set for growth

19 January 2012

ILW volumes will rise 25% in 2012, predicts Willis Re's Henry Kingham. He looks at the factors that put the wind in his sails… Read more

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Capital markets benefit from fragmented renewals

19 January 2012

Reinsurance buyers are taking more interest in capital market solutions after a fragmented and difficult January renewal season, according to the two largest reinsurance brokers… 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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Shaken but not disturbed

14 December 2011

2011 has been another stop-start year for the cat bond market as it navigated several major obstacles but sales are now accelerating strongly into 2012… Read more

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Mega-funds: friend or foe?

14 December 2011

Is the ILS investor base becoming too top-heavy?… Read more

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No conflict here

14 December 2011

Proposed SEC securitisation reforms threaten to wrap more red tape around the ILS market. Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Stephen Rooney lays out the case for ILS to be set apart… Read more

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The pricing dilemma: Are investors too greedy?

11 November 2011

There was a lot of lively debate to match the blustery October weather at this year's Trading Risk New York conference, but a speech from Catlin retro buyer Mark van Zanden sparked one interesting exchange with Fermat Capital founder John Seo over whether ILS investors are asking too much to take on catastrophe risk… Read more

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Cat bonds overshoot market curve

11 November 2011

Cat bond premiums are far higher than they should be when analysed using investment theory models that predict low risk, diversifying assets such as ILS should earn correspondingly low returns… Read more

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Rethink needed for ILS fund structures

11 November 2011

ILS fund structures are coming under strain as managers direct more of their portfolios into illiquid collateralised reinsurance instruments, Albourne Partners analyst and ILS investment adviser Michael Hamer said at the Trading Risk New York conference… Read more

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Peak payoff models questioned

13 October 2011

New Zealand earthquake losses may have prompted some traditional reinsurers to question the value of lower-paying international risk this year, but the ILS market still seems intent on adding more breadth… Read more

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