December 2014/1

Earlier this week, after breaking the news that Montpelier Re was making overtures to potential bidders, The Insurance Insider editor Mark Geoghegan tweeted that one of our bird-watching colleagues should keep his binoculars handy as it seemed it was "mating season" in Bermuda.

One of the options for up-for-sale Montpelier Re may be to sell its Lloyd's business as a standalone unit and restructure the remainder as a fund manager, sources told sister title The Insurance Insider.

Investors in renewing 2015 sidecars may be looking at projected net returns that have in some cases halved from 2014, Trading Risk understands.

Zenkyoren's latest Nakama Re cat bond has upsized from $200mn to $375mn as pricing on the Japanese quake deal settled at the midpoint of guidance, Trading Risk understands

CatCo Investment Management's chief operating officer and chief financial officer Jason Bibb has resigned with immediate effect, the London-listed firm announced this morning (12 December)