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The much-anticipated launch of a comprehensive, stand-alone European windstorm loss index has been delayed until at least “the beginning of 2009” after failing to gain sufficient commitme
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Chicago-headquartered Aon Corp is marketing a dedicated insurance linked securities (ILS) fund, which plans to invest in a range of insurance linked alternative investments, Trading Risk understands.
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Pricing and trading in the industry loss warranty (ILW) market has boomed following mooted changes in the Florida state’s cat fund in recent months. It is understood that the cat fund and the s
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Trading platform Carvill Hurricane Index (CHI) has seen “around $50mn” of notional volume traded on its Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) platform this year, the firm’s joint CEO, J
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Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has launched its second natural catastrophe index under the Paradex banner, with two more in the pipeline, says the risk modelling firm. The index, which RMS says is t
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ICAP-JLT, the catastrophe swap brokerage joint venture, has launched a new screenbased insurance linked securities (ILS) broking service to trade cat bonds and “other ILS”, according to t
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Insurance linked securities (ILS) activity has "slowed", during the July renewal season, with maturing cat bond capacity exceeding new issues by $700mn, according to broker Willis Re. In its mid-ye
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Direct insurance and financial services firm Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has completed its first natural catastrophe bond - the $250mn Caelus Re transaction. Caelus Re will provide the insu
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Risk modelling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) aims to boost investment in the insurance linked securities (ILS) market with an electronic ILS portfolio management platform. Aimed at "supporti
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Hannover Re's new dedicated insurance linked securities (ILS) team has closed $133mn Globe Re - its first deal since launching in January - as predicted by Trading Risk. The vehicle, which has secu
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US insurance giant Allstate has revisited its $2bn Cayman Islands shelf programme to issue another $250mn Willow Re cat bond, Trading Risk can reveal. The second deal from the insurer, following it
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French insurance giant AXA is re-approaching the capital markets with its third motor insurance securitisation, renewing the EUR61mn Class D notes from its 2007 Sparc transaction. The three year Cla