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Trading Risk June 2017
  • Sector Re issuance
    Swiss Re boosts Sector Re sidecar to $492mn
    Swiss Re has bolstered its retro support from the Sector Re sidecar by around $100mn in the past year to take the vehicle's total capacity to $492mn, Trading Risk understands.
    Trading Risk, 19 June 2017
  • Higher mortality linked to drop in healthcare spending
    A significant drop in social and healthcare spending in the UK is now thought to be the cause of a slowdown in mortality improvement, which has led the longevity swap market to stall.
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
  • Hurricane forecasts
    Conflicting forecasts over long-term hurricane outlook
    Forecasters are predicting an average to above-average 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, as debate continues over whether a longer-term shift to a phase of reduced activity is underway.
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
  • Mid-year sponsors turn to private bond market
    Four recent private and cat bond lite deals cleared during the mid-year renewals.
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
  • Hedge fund standard to help manage ILS conflicts
    Standards set by the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) can provide a pattern for ILS managers to mitigate potential conflicts of interest, Hiscox Re ILS COO Richard Lowther told Trading Risk.
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
  • Investor news in brief
    LGT ILS funds; Wilton Re buys Aegon US run-off businesses; Cat bond funds reopen
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
  • White to lead LMA members' agent group
    Argenta non-executive director and former Lloyd's deputy chairman Graham White is to lead a new Lloyd's Market Association (LMA) group to represent the interests of members' agents at Lloyd's.
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
  • South Korean asset managers offer ILS strategies
    Asset managers in South Korea are offering ILS strategies to local investors after the country entered the sector last year, with at least $49mn having been raised from two local distributors.
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
  • PGGM CEO resigns
    The CEO of Dutch pension fund PGGM, Else Bos, has resigned after holding the position for five years.
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
  • Drinker Biddles adds Finston in San Francisco
    Drinker Biddle & Reath has hired John Finston to join the insurance regulatory and transactional team in the firm's San Francisco office.
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
  • Global Parametrics appoints Shapiro as chairperson
    Global Parametrics, which offers risk transfer solutions for low- and middle-income countries, has appointed Nina Shapiro as chairperson.
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
  • Widening the net
    Access to people with money to spend is closely guarded in the insurance and reinsurance markets. Premium dollars are shepherded carefully from insurance agents to carriers and then brokers before eventually reaching reinsurers and ILS managers.
    Trading Risk, 16 June 2017
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