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January 2015/1
  • Aon Benfield predicts mid-year pressure to continue
    Aon Benfield told clients that it expects US nationwide and Florida property catastrophe rates to slide by 7.5 to 12.5 percent in the 1 June and July renewals this year, sister title The Insurance Insider reported.
    16 January 2015
  • Cat rate reductions slope off in January renewals
    US property cat rates fell by 7.5-15 percent in the January 2015 renewals, although Guy Carpenter's European CEO Nick Frankland described the reductions as "no drama".
    16 January 2015
  • Convergence market lifts cat market share in 2014
    Guy Carpenter has estimated that the convergence market grew by a third in 2014, rising from $45bn to $60bn in size.
    16 January 2015
  • Pioneer’s Interval fund open
    Pioneer Investment Management has established its ILS Interval fund with $50mn of capital, and now has total assets under management of $1.6bn in the ILS sector.
    16 January 2015
  • Deutsche Bank fund now active
    An ILS fund run by Deutsche Bank Asset Management (DBAM) began writing business in the January renewals after an extended incubation period, sources told Trading Risk.
    16 January 2015
  • Cat bond fund annual returns down 43%
    Full-year 2014 returns generated by seven cat bond funds tracked by Trading Risk have come in on average 43 percent lower than in 2013, reflecting the impact of market softening.
    16 January 2015
  • Gator Re trades up
    American Strategic's cat bond Gator Re has recovered value in the New Year after the bond's annual aggregate loss tally reset.
    16 January 2015
  • ILS margins thin out
    Data from Lane Financial showed that the average ILS spread is now 2.36 percent above a 2.24 percent expected loss - the thinnest margin since the company began tracking records in 2002.
    16 January 2015
  • December trades help smooth out cash overhang
    Cat bond traders said that activity on the secondary market was subdued in January, as there was less cash overhang than had been expected amid a large number of maturities.
    16 January 2015
  • Aon Benfield leads increase in broker structuring activity
    Brokers took the lead in structuring activities on the cat bond market in 2014, according to data compiled by Trading Risk.
    16 January 2015
  • 2015 guidance steady on Aetna’s low-risk Vitality bond
    US life and health insurer Aetna kicked off activity on the ILS market for 2015 as it sought $200mn for its Vitality Re VI health insurance bond.
    16 January 2015
  • Swiss cat bond and life deals wrap up 2014 issuance
    A flurry of deals at the end of December took ILS issuance to just under $2bn for the month and pushed the 2014 total to $8.9bn, according to Trading Risk records.
    16 January 2015
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