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July 2008/1
  • Monoline woes lead to life downgrades
    Life insurer UNUM Group had two of its life securitisations downgraded in June by rating agency AM Best following the downgrade of beleaguered monoline insurer MBIA. Ratings on both the $130mn 2006 c
    06 July 2008
  • S&P Ballantyne Re action
    Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has lowered its senior debt rating on the Class A-1 notes of beleaugured Scottish Re’s Ballantyne Re life securitisation. S&P lowered the XXX reserve
    06 July 2008
  • Carvill trades $50mn on CHI
    Trading platform Carvill Hurricane Index (CHI) has seen “around $50mn” of notional volume traded on its Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) platform this year, the firm’s joint CEO, J
    06 July 2008
  • Europe's loss index launch delayed
    The much-anticipated launch of a comprehensive, stand-alone European windstorm loss index has been delayed until at least “the beginning of 2009” after failing to gain sufficient commitme
    06 July 2008
  • Deutsche to test ILS hunger with LAZR launch
    Deutsche Bank is marketing a new trigger mechanism for insurance linked securities (ILS), with a $120mn Florida-only wind bond as the first transaction, Trading Risk can reveal. The LAZR transaction
    06 July 2008
  • Aon next to target ILS fund
    Chicago-headquartered Aon Corp is marketing a dedicated insurance linked securities (ILS) fund, which plans to invest in a range of insurance linked alternative investments, Trading Risk understands.
    06 July 2008
  • Former Guy Carp exec forms ILS advisory firm
    Christopher McGhee, former head of Guy Carpenter & Co’s specialist investment banking arm GC Securities Ltd, has formed an insurance-focused banking advisory firm. McGhee has partnered with New
    06 July 2008
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