Aon
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The most extensive damage was caused by rainfall in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida.
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Juniper Re Bermuda received preliminary approval from the BMA last month.
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The broker said 1 April Japanese renewals reinforced positive trends in the US at 1 January.
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He was executive managing director in Aon’s wholesale treaty team.
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Sponsors still secured terms that were favourable relative to traditional cover.
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The conflict between US and Bermuda legal systems offers no easy route for counterparties to fraud-impacted transactions.
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The client lacked options in the conventional insurance market.
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Growth driven by 14% expansion in reinsurance solutions division.
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The committee claims Chaucer waited until it had ‘maximum leverage’ over other debtors.
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The investment comes in exchange for a $49mn surplus note from HOA and the acquisition of HOA’s rights to potential claims stemming from the Vesttoo fraud.
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The broker’s latest climate report tallied global insured cat losses at $118bn.
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Wind and tornado in the US may already have led to losses in the hundreds of millions, according to Aon’s report.
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Broker-dealers' year-ahead forecasts have undershot total final issuance in three of the last five years.
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While it is too early to determine the total financial loss, the US Geological Survey believes there is a 64% likelihood it will reach into the billions of US dollars.
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The broker’s report also hailed the best risk-adjusted margins for ILS investors in a decade.
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All 50 US states and the District of Columbia are covered by the bond.
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The Nature Coast Re offering is the first in a new series from SafePoint.
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Asagao VI is fourth largest private cat bond deal this year.
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A strong outlook for sidecar profits in 2023 is rebuilding investor confidence but one to three years of good performance will be needed to sustain it more fully.
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Creditors already have authorisation to access Vesttoo’s data as part of their investigation.
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Caccamese spent nearly six years at rival broker Guy Carpenter prior to joining Aon.
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The motion seeks discovery of information and documents about the structure and operation of White Rock’s cells.
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Mallen previously spent over 10 years at Chaucer, most recently as a US casualty reinsurance underwriter.
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Nichols joins from Aeolus Capital Management, where he’d served as a portfolio manager after previously spending nearly a decade at Guy Carpenter.
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A Delaware judge has ruled in favour of Vesttoo’s automatic stay in the bankruptcy case.
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Data from the broker indicated that around 70% of global losses were driven by SCS, with events in the US causing $35bn of insured losses over H1.
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The supply-demand dynamics are all pointing in ILS markets’ favour, so long as hurricane season goes quietly.
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Outside the cat bond segment, Aon said it was observing rising sidecar interest, putting volumes at $7.1bn from $6.4bn the prior year.
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The Aon transformer is seeking information on the origins of alleged fraudulent letters of credit.
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The Aon unit noted 37 LOCs “purportedly procured by China Construction Bank (CCB), Banco Santander and Standard Chartered Bank US”.
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Loss estimates from Aon, Gallagher Re, Swiss Re and Munich Re all point to a significant component of severe convective storm losses.
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The firm’s interim CEO Ami Barlev has argued that, with Vesttoo’s weekly expenses being $360,000, freezing assets above $1m would be “catastrophic for the company”.
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The broker has also appointed Paul Shedden as head of advanced risk analytics for its Risk Capital business.
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The ILS transformer platform claims Vesttoo is in breach of shareholder agreements.
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The broker said it believes it has meritorious defenses and intends to vigorously fight the claims and seek recourse against third parties where appropriate.
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The scale of the coverage offered by the firm means buyers in the emerging line of business face a challenge to swap out their capacity.
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The firm said it had identified two specific transactions in which “collateral inconsistencies” were in question.
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Skilton will be chair of the team with Wheeler and Murray heading up the global re specialty unit.
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The coverage is designed to reduce the island’s obligation to the US Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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At this week's Bermuda Climate Summit, speakers heralded the Island's future as a centre of excellence for climate-related innovation and risk transfer.
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The broker’s latest report finds stability but continued price discipline in most lines and regions.
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The broker has published research identifying transformative trends in the insurance industry.
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The broker said the risk from wildfire is also set to increase substantially.
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Mayer will manage a global centre of excellence for parametric products and report to Paul Schultz, CEO of Aon Securities.
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After more than a decade at ILS platforms, Brooks has returned to a broking role.
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The broker has spent around 15 years working for Aon’s reinsurance unit.
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Aon expects depleted shareholder equity to be restored over time via higher retained earnings and the ‘pull-to-par’ effect of bonds approaching maturity.