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The primary US insurance market could open up greater potential volumes of business to the growing ILS sector but there are several challenges ahead for funds trying to access this market.
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Q. How does the pricing process for cat bonds work?
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The recent Mariah Re dispute serves as a reminder to participants in ILS transactions of the value of clear and transparent legal documents and disclosures to mitigate the litigation risks when claims materially exceed modelled losses.
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The Mariah Re tornado bond lawsuit has resulted in legal changes designed to reinforce the independence of cat bond administrators.
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Reinsurer sidecars have accumulated average returns of 8.3 percent for the first seven months of 2014, according to the latest quarterly filings from mutual fund manager Stone Ridge.
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Short-tail cat specialists came under pressure during the second quarter of 2014 as softening market conditions hit the peer group's results at multiple angles, according to analysis by The Insurance Insider's Data Room
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A handful of reinsurer sidecars accrued average returns of 3.8 percent during the first four months of 2014, according to the latest results from mutual fund manager Stone Ridge
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ILS fund managers may write as much as four times the amount of premium per employee as rated reinsurers, according to Trading Risk estimates
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Aviation rates are poised to rise after a year of heavy losses for the niche insurance market, with Brit Insurance CEO Mark Cloutier predicting rates could increase by up to 50 percent.
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Catastrophe bond investors and cedants typically have limited visibility of forthcoming transactions, due to now-repealed US securities law restrictions on general solicitation that have enforced radio silence on participants until a deal is formally launched.
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Q. When is the North Atlantic hurricane season peak?
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As regulators continue to build the legal edifice of Solvency II, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has released new guidelines on basis risk and risk mitigation.