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When you've been writing editorials for a few years, the ghosts of columns past inevitably come back to haunt you.
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The insurance risk transfer chain is becoming more flexible as ILS players begin taking on primary risk, but this does not necessarily imply links are being removed from the chain, panellists said at the Trading Risk New York Rendez-Vous
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Validus intends to add $300mn-$500mn to its asset management platform AlphaCat to deploy in 2017, CEO Ed Noonan said in comments after the company's Q3 earnings release.
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Reinsurance buyers speaking at the Trading Risk New York Rendez-Vous were split on whether sponsoring cat bonds would offer them the benefit of lower rates, as they debated the dip in ILS issuance this year
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Hedge fund manager Elliott Management Corporation plans to hold onto its investment in Aeolus Capital Management "for a long time", the Bermudian ILS manager's founder Peter Appel told Trading Risk.
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Alleghany's earnings from Bermudian ILS manager Pillar dipped to $5.9mn in the third quarter from $7.3mn a year earlier, its Q3 results revealed
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USAA has increased the target size of its Residential Re 2016-II issuance by more than 40 percent from $280mn to $400mn amid robust investor interest in the first ILS deal of the fourth quarter
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RenaissanceRe sidecar DaVinci Re recorded a 7 percent year-on-year increase in third quarter net profit to $40.4mn, as lower claims and improved investment results boosted returns
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Hedge fund manager Elliott Management Corporation has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Bermudian ILS manager Aeolus Capital Management, the companies announced.
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American Strategic Insurance has told investors that 2016 storm losses covered by its Gator Re cat bond have reached 94 percent of the deal's $175mn trigger point, sources said.
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New York-listed Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings reported a net income of $3.3mn in the third quarter, down 33 percent from $4.4mn in Q3 last year due to higher losses.
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An increase in commercial property claims led Florida insured losses from Hurricane Matthew up to $606mn by Friday 28 October, state regulators reported.
