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Hurricane warnings are in place for Guantanamo, Holguin and Las Tunas.
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Economic losses from the Cat 5 storm could run 30%-250% of the country’s GDP.
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A US landfall is not expected, but the storm could hit the Bahamas by Friday.
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Pricing on Friday implied a potential $45mn loss to the bond, before the storm outlook deteriorated.
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So far this year, there have been 11 first-time sponsors to place a deal.
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Competition on price from traditional markets is weighing on bond market momentum.
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The insurer of last resort’s exposure was $696bn as of last September.
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The bond will provide protection against US wind with a PCS trigger.
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The cedant’s current deal is due to mature at the end of January 2026.
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Spreads on USAA’s latest deal priced below comparative issuances in 2023-2024.
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The executive is charged with defrauding investors out of nearly $500mn.
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Nine-month insured losses still exceeded $100bn due to California wildfires.
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ILS has been a driver of innovation in reinsurance, Convergence 2025 attendees heard Wednesday.
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Mory Katz joined the broker earlier this year.
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Guy Carpenter will rebrand as Marsh Re, as a new central tech/operations unit is created.
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The funds will combine credit and ILS holdings.
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Ryan Saul will work at Ledger’s broker-dealer subsidiary Ledger Capital Markets.
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Clear Blue originally filed the suit in late 2023, alleging reckless conduct and misrepresentation.
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Newsom has yet to sign a pending bill to create a public cat model.
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Returns from cat risk investments stood at 20.1% for the year to 30 June 2025.
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The allocation is around 3% of the fund’s total assets.
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Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested Tuesday on destruction of property charges.
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The insurer of last resort currently has $2.15bn of cat bond protection on risk.
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Seller White Mountains will retain a roughly 15% fully diluted equity stake.
