Interviews

Earlier this year Travelers completed its third cat bond - and its first on an indemnity basis. Scott Belden tells Trading Risk that he is impressed by the ILS market's maturity, but that traditional partnerships are still at the heart of his reinsurance strategy

The man charged with revamping Juniperus Capital tells Trading Risk how reinsurers could learn from ILS funds

The start-up team explain how they are aiming to distinguish their model and where they think the ILS market should be diversifying

Chi Hum tells Trading Risk why a growing stability in the ILS investor base is allowing structurers to start experimenting.

If retro underwriters could name their top three headaches of 2011, Trading Risk is willing to bet the list would include unmodelled losses, 'cold spot' zones and aggregate covers. Broker Simon Cloney sells products that roll up all three, yet has emerged unscathed from the January renewals to tell Trading Risk the tale...

Mark Gibson from BNP Paribas is a rare breed among the banker/brokers Trading Risk deals with - more inscrutable Zen master than bouncy wheeler dealer. He tells Trading Risk how he's learnt not to try to predict the future for the ILS market and why it needs more diversity...

Trevor Bolt constructs the retrocession programme that has protected Hannover Re from the brunt of disaster losses this year. He tells Trading Risk why he believes the ILS market is constraining its own growth.

Clariden Leu ILS manager Michael Stahel tells Trading Risk why the alternative market is set to gain a competitive edge against traditional reinsurers - helped along by innovation from asset managers.

BMS broker Stefano Nicolini tells Trading Risk how ILWs - derivative instruments triggered by levels of insured industry losses from a catastrophe event - can steer reinsurers through many tight spots, from post-merger headaches to over-indulgence on catastrophe risk...

Milliman actuary Steve Schreiber has been at the spearhead of many life insurance innovations. He shares his view of the resurgent life securitisation markets and expansion possibilities for longevity with Trading Risk...

Elementum Capital's founding principal John DeCaro calls for more reinsurance discipline in cat bond marketing, and shares his morning routine...

Tokio Millennium Re plays a vital role in facilitating many insurance-linked capital markets transactions. The firm's senior vice president, Kathleen Faries, tells Trading Risk how she views the convergence market...