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US commercial P&C rates continued to decrease in Q1 although the pace of softening slowed, according to the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB)
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Collateralised reinsurers and ILS investors received $612mn in ceded premiums from the top 10 Florida insurers in 2016, a drop of 6 percent from $654mn the previous year, according to data collected by Trading Risk
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Reinsurers attempted to "hold the line" on pricing in the 1 April renewals, but carrier demand for business meant rate reductions continued to be on offer for buyers
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Demand for crop reinsurance is falling rapidly, partly due to M&A in the underlying insurance business, sister publication The Insurance Insider reported
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Demand for crop reinsurance is falling rapidly, partly due to M&A in the underlying insurance business, sister publication The Insurance Insider reported
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A decade ago, cat bonds were almost universally rated - usually by Standard & Poor's and sometimes by Fitch Ratings
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Issuers are increasingly choosing World Bank debt as the investment vehicle for cat bond collateral, following an uptick in US Libor yields throughout 2016
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Pressure from ratings agencies to strengthen capital positions could force some Florida insurers to retrench, potentially reducing reinsurance demand, UPC Insurance chief financial officer Brad Martz said at the Sifma IRLS conference
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Florida provides two-thirds of the exposure and margin in the reinsurance industry's US wind portfolio, according to data from Aon Benfield
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Liberty Mutual's new Limestone Re sidecar could pave the way for further disintermediation in the (re)insurance sector, a Standard & Poor's (S&P) insurance analyst said at the Sifma IRLS conference in Miami last month
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Electronic trading in the secondary cat bond market may still be a distant prospect, according to panellists at the Sifma IRLS 2017 conference in Miami
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Hannover Re was among the reinsurers to top up on retro through expanded sidecar placements in the January renewals