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Will investor demand for long-tail macro longevity risk be sufficient to meet the anticipated supply from corporate pension funds in the wake of Babcock International Group’s planned £750mn lon
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German reinsurance giant Munich Re has launched a EUR100mn European windstorm and Turkish earthquake cat bond – Ianus – which will be welcomed by those calling for peril diversification i
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ILS investors were warned last week that they need to be more realistic on yields if they wish to see more cat bonds emerge from (re)insurers. Although catastrophe reinsurance rates are continuing to
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Swiss Re has confirmed that it will cease carbon trading and close its emissions trading desk, in a move first revealed by Trading Risk. The reinsurance giant is understood to also be moving its natu
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Munich Re and Tokio Marine Nichido Fire’s private cat swap based on Risk Management Solutions’ (RMS) Paradex-Europe Windstorm (PEW) index takes the total notional amount of risk transferr
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PERILS AG, established this year to aggregate and provide industry-wide European catastrophe insurance data, has estimated property insurance market losses caused by windstorm Klaus of EUR1.55bn. The
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S&P has withdrawn its ratings on Arch Reinsurance’s $256mn credit facility Flatiron, Hannover Re’s $200mn sidecar, Kepler Re, and Harbor Point’s $125mn vehicle Bay Point, while Mood
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S&P has lowered its senior debt rating on Scottish Re’s life transaction Orkney Re II’s series A-2 notes to CC from CCC, citing declining mark-to-market asset values and doubts over the v
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Industry loss warranty (ILW) and catastrophe derivatives trading volumes are “considerably” lower than last year, stifled by high prices and the effects of contagion from the financial ma
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Insurance-linked derivatives provide the best security of a range of traditional and alternative risk transfer products, according to Michael Jedraszak, underwriter at Bermuda-headquartered (re)insur
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Trading Risk has partnered with Swiss Re to publish its proprietary cat bond index on a regular basis. Look out for regular data and commentary on ILS performance in our newsletters and on our websit
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ILS investors are so keen to diversify their holdings with non-catastrophe exposures that they may be willing to trade yield for greater choice. Speaking at the S&P European ILS conference on the 13