November 2009/1

In a continuation of the pricing debate dogging the ILS market, market sage Morton Lane reiterated that cat bond prices are “not inappropriate” compared to traditional reinsurance rates.

Broker dealer Lane Financial reported the highest returning quarter in the history of the ILS market in Q3 2009, with its all cat bond index of 119 ILS transactions yielding 5.54 percent for the peri

Amlin-backed dedicated ILS investor Leadenhall Capital Partners has launched two $50mn Irish-based funds – believed to be the first Irish-based non-life ILS assets. The Value fund will invest i

Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded the $750mn of notes in life (re)insurer Genworth Financial’s River Lake III XXX securitisation – assigning a developing outlook to the notes an

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter (GC) and its capital markets arm GC Securities noted that achieving $3-4bn total ILS issuance for 2009 will be “quite a stretch” but “attainableR

Moody’s Investors Service has maintained the ratings for Bank of Ireland’s 2007 life ILS Avondale Securities with a stable outlook, after concluding a review for possible downgrade. The a

Rating agency Moody's has formally withdrawn the debt ratings on Arch Capital’s property cat sidecar Flatiron Re, after its loans were repaid in full earlier this year. Moody's also withdrew Fl