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Can savings on insurance in the future somehow be leveraged to invest in resilience today?
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Schroders has appointed Alan Cauberghs as head of private assets to oversee its activities in various sectors, including its ILS division Secquaero.
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Ascot Group has recruited Joe Calise from Guy Carpenter to run Vertical Underwriting Managers (VUM), the first US specialty MGA under its Ethos Specialty Insurance Services platform.
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Average returns posted by a group of cat bond funds came to 0.68 percent in the second quarter of 2017, taking year-to-date gains to 1.36 percent
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The cat bond market was firmly in the hands of sponsors in the second quarter, with volumes setting a record in a frenetic period that pushed ILS pricing to new lows
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Reinsurance and retro buyers obtained further rate reductions at the 1 July renewals, although Australian catastrophe losses led to isolated price increases.
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European ILS sponsors and arrangers need to weigh up a number of considerations as they consider alternative collateral arrangements, write Robert Cannon and Matt Feig at Cadwalader.
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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.
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The main factors in this year's "double-dip" Florida reinsurance renewal were abundant supply, reduced demand from several key buyers and uncertainty over model changes.
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Scor has appointed Wolfgang Murmann to the new role of head of longevity for Europe (excluding the UK), the Middle East and Africa.
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The first quarter of 2017 produced a record volume of ILS issuance for an opening quarter, as competitive pricing drew sponsors to the market
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Nephila's new facility with Marsh will help to kick-start growth of the fund manager's US insurance book, with the deal much more significant in size than its previous arrangement with Amwins