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This month Trading Risk talks to Swiss Re's head of non-life risk transfer, Martin Bisping
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Allianz's head of group reinsurance solutions Insa Adena tells Trading Risk why she wants innovation on the ILS market to continue
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Financial services firm TIAA-CREF has returned to the ILS market. The fund's director of global public markets Aashh Parekh tells Trading Risk why he'd like to see a larger and more diverse ILS market
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Validus is a clear example of how the reinsurance industry is evolving. Paschal Brooks, portfolio manager at AlphaCat, tells Trading Risk why we're about to start having problems defining who's who in this market
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Swedish pension fund AP3 was an early mover in the ILS market. The fund's head of ILS Dan Bergman tells Trading Risk why its capital can be counted on to stay the course
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Arch Capital's Larry Richardson is one of a number of convergence market executives snapped up by traditional reinsurers over the course of 2012. He tells Trading Risk how competition is reshaping the cat management space...
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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
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The man charged with revamping Juniperus Capital tells Trading Risk how reinsurers could learn from ILS funds
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The start-up team explain how they are aiming to distinguish their model and where they think the ILS market should be diversifying
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Chi Hum tells Trading Risk why a growing stability in the ILS investor base is allowing structurers to start experimenting.
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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...
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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...