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April 2016/1
  • Record Q1 for ILS market; but where to now?
    ILS investors responded to new cat bonds at both ends of the risk-return spectrum with strong demand in a diverse and record-setting first quarter.
    22 April 2016
  • BCAR changes could ‘penalise ILS markets’
    Upcoming changes to ratings agency AM Best's Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR) could penalise ILS markets over rated carriers, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) said in its first quarter ILS report
    22 April 2016
  • Collateral lock-ups could drag down returns by 15-20%: Milliman
    Collateral lock-ups could drag down ILS investor returns by 15-20 percent of long-term expected profits for deals with a moderate chance of loss, according to research by Milliman.
    22 April 2016
  • ILS market cautious over changing hurricane assumptions
    More than a decade on from the devastating 2004-05 hurricane season, scientists are beginning to debate whether to call an end to a cycle of more active Atlantic cyclone activity
    22 April 2016
  • Zenk renews with 7.5% rate cut
    The world's biggest catastrophe cedant Zenkyoren achieved a 7.5 percent rate reduction at 1 April as it purchased a new 200bn yen ($1.77bn) top layer, sister publication The Insurance Insider reported
    22 April 2016
  • Florida outlook dependent on changing demand
    Demand for Florida reinsurance cover could drop this year if both the state's insurer and reinsurer choose not to buy new protection, Aon Benfield said in its April renewals report
    22 April 2016
  • Rate pressure continues to ease in April renewals
    At the 1 April reinsurance renewal season the market softened for the fourth consecutive year, but reductions have slowed from those achieved a year ago
    22 April 2016
  • Annualised sidecar returns still averaging +20%
    A group of reinsurer sidecars tracked by Trading Risk posted average returns of just above 5 percent in the three months to 31 January, implying they are on track to deliver annualised returns in the low 20 percent range
    22 April 2016
  • News digest
    Allied World Q1 premium drop; Ontario Teachers'sells ANV; Alternative capital hits $72bn: Aon Benfield; RMS on Ecuador quake; Record rainfall floods Texas...
    22 April 2016
  • Chinese firm to target $100mn corporate ILS product
    A state-owned enterprise in China is seeking $100mn for a possible corporate cat bond
    22 April 2016
  • Japan earthquakes to cost insurers up to $2.9bn
    Modelling firm AIR Worldwide said insured losses from the earthquakes that struck the southern Japanese island of Kyushu earlier this month could be between 180bn yen ($1.7bn) and 320bn yen ($2.9bn)
    22 April 2016
  • PSERS Nephila allocation falls in 2015
    Aeolus became one of the top 10 absolute return managers for the Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) in its 2015 fiscal year
    22 April 2016
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