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Lloyd's managing agency Argenta has been given the go ahead to launch a special purpose arrangement (SPA) sponsored and capitalised by Hannover Re.
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Markel Catco's London-listed Reinsurance Opportunities Fund posted just a 0.35 percent gain to net asset value in February for its ordinary shareholders exposed to last year's losses, the company disclosed today.
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New York-listed insurer The Hanover has confirmed that it has hired Goldman Sachs to run a strategic review that could lead to the sale of its Lloyd's business, Chaucer.
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Swedish state pension fund AP3 reported that its ILS allocation increased by 56.3 percent in US dollar terms throughout 2017, rising to $505.8mn (4.14bn kronor) at year-end.
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Essent Group announced today that it has issued $424.4mn of mortgage insurance notes to protect its subsidiary Essent Guaranty.
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High initial loss estimates put out for Hurricane Maria by AIR Worldwide helped to fuel ILS fundraising that brought in more capital than would have otherwise entered the market, said panellists at an event hosted by sister publication The Insurance Insider last week.
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If ILS capital is designed to be the ultimate home for catastrophe risk, how far should asset managers look to hedge their investors' bets?
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Elementum joins SBAI; Gemini Re targets mid-year launch; Willis sets up resilience insurance facility
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The Teacher Retirement System of Texas held $300mn in ILS as of 31 August 2017, which represented 0.21 percent of its total portfolio, the pension fund confirmed. -
Twelve Capital is exposed to the liquidation of Danish motor insurer Alpha Insurance via a EUR20mn ($24.8mn) private debt transaction issued in 2014.
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Nationwide Mutual and Heritage Insurance Holdings each expect to recover more than $100mn from cat bonds, Trading Risk reported this month.
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ILS asset manager Gemini Re has launched in Florida with $500mn of capacity, which will be used to target US risk, the company has confirmed.
