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Catastrophe bonds

  • Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA)'s Resilience Re platform has completed its second deal of the year with a $63mn club cat bond issuance, according to Bermuda Stock Exchange announcements.
  • Cincinnati Insurance replaced its $100mn Skyline Re cat bond with a larger collateralised reinsurance structure during the January renewals, said the carrier's CEO Steve Johnston.
  • Hannover Re was among the reinsurers to top up on retro through expanded sidecar placements in the January renewals
  • Omers backs Allied bid; Blue Capital gains; Catco losses; Pioneer fund; XL's New Ocean gain; Harrington fee boost; Mt Logan fee income drops...
  • Private cat bond placements have become increasingly common in recent years, but the popularity of these somewhat opaque transactions has been coupled with concerns over their impact on the market's liquidity.
  • Assured Risk Cover (ARC) is marketing a new parametric hurricane insurance cover to Floridian buyers
  • Some UK pension funds are delaying making decisions on longevity swaps because of a recent increase in pensioner mortality rates, sources have told Trading Risk
  • PGGM ups ILS investment; IBI launch; 2016 returns lag...
  • Legacy insurer Darag has started work on a second deal through its cell platform as it looks to bring alternative capital to the run-off market, after completing its first such transaction last year
  • Cat bond prices in the secondary market edged upwards early in February, as the market waited for the New Year's issuance to kick-start
  • Absolute cat bond spreads fell by almost 8 percent in the first month of 2017, according to data from RMS
  • Aetna cleared its latest Vitality Re health insurance bond at a new low in the past month as investors awaited more news on what broker-dealers said was a good pipeline of upcoming deals
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