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January 2017/1
  • Memphis advisory firm launches ILS fund of funds
    A Memphis-based advisory firm, Gerber Taylor, has registered a new ILS fund of funds, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings show.
    13 January 2017
  • Sidecar returns drop to low teens
    Annualised sidecar returns dropped to the low teens towards the end of 2016, as the softening market and catastrophe losses took a toll on performance.
    13 January 2017
  • Casualty offers bright spot in renewals
    Casualty reinsurers operating in the US started to push back against historically broad soft-market terms at the January renewals, with most placements renewing flat, sister publication The Insurance Insider reported.
    13 January 2017
  • Alternative capital expansion slows as traditional growth returns
    Alternative market reinsurance capital intakes slowed in 2016, but the sector's rate of growth still outpaced the traditional market, brokers estimated in their reports on the 1 January renewals.
    13 January 2017
  • Pushback on softer retro conditions at 1/1
    Retrocession and US property catastrophe rates moved closer to flattening out at the 1 January renewals.
    13 January 2017
  • News digest
    SunTrust Bank becomes ILS trustee; Arch backs Premia; Floridian M&A; Russian reinsurer; Longevity swaps; Omers and Allied; Aeolus acquisition; Brazil parametric deal; BHSI eyes Japan
    13 January 2017
  • Fema sets up reinsurance base
    The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) said it hoped its first $1.04bn flood reinsurance purchase would lay the cornerstone for a multi-year programme.
    13 January 2017
  • Hurricane ‘buffer zone’ cushioning US landfall
    New research suggests that in periods of active Atlantic hurricane activity a "buffer zone" surrounds the southern US coastline that helps to curb landfalling storms.
    13 January 2017
  • JP Morgan retreat from ILS won’t impact market
    JP Morgan has shut down its ILS trading desk after citing concerns over value in the sector, Trading Risk revealed late last month.
    13 January 2017
  • Cat bond fund returns double in 2016
    Returns from a group of cat bond funds tracked by Trading Risk almost doubled last year from their performance in 2015, as softening spreads bolstered values. Higher-risk deals over the past couple of years have also boosted returns available to investors.
    13 January 2017
  • Gator to compound tornado ILS losses
    An upcoming payout from the Gator Re cat bond is on track to make tornado losses more costly for ILS investors than the sector's hurricane claims to date.
    13 January 2017
  • Cat bond yields drop below 4% by year-end
    Average cat bond spreads finished 2016 trailing 60 to 70 basis points below yields that were available at the same point in 2015, according to data from RMS.
    13 January 2017
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