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Guy Carpenter has estimated that the convergence market grew by a third in 2014, rising from $45bn to $60bn in size.
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Q: A number of this year's Florida cat bonds used "cascading" structures - but what does this cover provide?
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As the shape of today's insurance market continues to morph, tax law has lagged behind in its feeble attempts to force novel concepts into rusty old boxes.
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In a memorable year for the cat bond market, 2014 brought forth both the largest ever transaction and the lowest coupon deal amid a number of other milestones.
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The operational expense base of some of the industry's largest reinsurers equates to about 10 percent of their shareholders' equity, analysis of their 2013 annual results shows.
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The catastrophe specialists among the peer group of short-tail Bermudian reinsurers tracked by The Insurance Insider's Data Room focused on other business lines to deliver top-line premium growth in the third quarter
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With fresh data breaches hitting the headlines on a daily basis, cyber risk insurance is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
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The SEC recently adopted new final diligence rules that require issuers and underwriters of rated asset-backed securities to file third-party diligence reports with the regulator.
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A group of major reinsurance buyers emphasised their desire to maintain a broad-based panel of counterparties during a panel debate at last month's Trading Risk New York Rendez-Vous.
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The expansion of Florida domestic insurers (FDIs) is a potential growth opportunity for the ILS market, according to Heritage Insurance chairman and CEO Bruce Lucas.
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Rising interest rates and a growing ILS market are not mutually exclusive ideas, according to the managing director of global public markets at Tiaa-Cref.
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Fermat Capital co-founder John Seo said ILS funds should not try to mimic the reinsurance model because they would not be able to "outdo Munich Re or Swiss Re at their own game".