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July 2010/1
  • Cat fund returns dip
    A combination of the Euro currency crisis and pressure on mark-to-market pricing of cat bonds has led to negative returns for some dedicated cat fund investors.
    15 July 2010
  • Hard ILW market bucks industry trend
    In our regular ILW quarterly update, Willis Re executive director Henry Kingham sees strong Q2 ILS issuance starving ILW buyers of capital markets capacity. ILWs now offer a hard market haven for those with the cash to invest...
    15 July 2010
  • Aggregate cat trading up
    Aggregate hurricane index options - which trigger based on the storm toll across an entire season - have proved a popular option in trading of 2010 catastrophe derivatives on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
    15 July 2010
  • Saffir-Simpson competitor launched
    Weather consulting group MDA EarthSat has launched a Hurricane Index Forecast as a new potential reference for trading futures on the CME platform.
    15 July 2010
  • Sweltering weather fans increased derivative trading
    A sultry summer in the US has fanned weather derivatives trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
    15 July 2010
  • News briefs
    Munich Re sets Perils trigger on EUR50mn dealManning off to new horizonsLife Settlement code of practiceVolcker Rule ready for vote
    15 July 2010
  • ILS markets seek diversity
    ILS investors are still keen to invest and diversify their portfolios despite a glut of US wind catastrophe bond issues this season, says a report from reinsurance broker Willis Re.
    15 July 2010
  • $24bn big cat losses loom over first half
    The tally of major catastrophe losses in the first half of 2010 could reach $24bn, with fears of further deterioration in the months ahead, analysis from our sister publication The Insurance Insider has revealed.
    15 July 2010
  • News briefs
    Rothesay Life insures BA pension schemeS&P lowers ART rating RMS launches longevity model
    15 July 2010
  • CCRIF members trade wind for quake cover after Haiti
    The regional disaster insurance fund for Caribbean governments has increased coverage limits for the coming year, albeit at the expense of hurricane cover ahead of what is forecast to be an above-average wind season.
    15 July 2010
  • Cat bond investors; a moving feast
    As one of the industry's leading cat bond managers with a global capital market reach, Goldman Sachs has a unique perspective on the ILS market. Here, the firm's co-head of America's securitisation, Michael Millette, analyses the changing face of cat bond investors...
    15 July 2010
  • Bond issues bring diversity
    Two recent (re)insurance securitisations have offered the market much needed diversity from the glut of US wind products.
    15 July 2010
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