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Mt Logan Re has appointed former AIG executive Michael Beck to the new role of chief operations officer, the company announced today (25 April).
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Harrington Re, the reinsurance start-up sponsored by Axis and Blackstone, envisages catastrophe risk will make up 5 percent of its underwriting portfolio when it launches in July.
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Aspen reported a 17 percent decline in gross property catastrophe reinsurance premiums written during the first quarter of 2016 compared to a year ago.
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Guy Carpenter has named Peter Stubbings CEO of the firm’s Bermuda operations.
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A considerable rise in reinsurers' expense ratios since 2007 is a major cause of plummeting return on equity (RoE) levels, according to Willis Re.
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ILS investors responded to new cat bonds at both ends of the risk-return spectrum with strong demand in a diverse and record-setting first quarter.
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Upcoming changes to ratings agency AM Best's Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR) could penalise ILS markets over rated carriers, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) said in its first quarter ILS report
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Collateral lock-ups could drag down ILS investor returns by 15-20 percent of long-term expected profits for deals with a moderate chance of loss, according to research by Milliman.
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More than a decade on from the devastating 2004-05 hurricane season, scientists are beginning to debate whether to call an end to a cycle of more active Atlantic cyclone activity
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A group of reinsurer sidecars tracked by Trading Risk posted average returns of just above 5 percent in the three months to 31 January, implying they are on track to deliver annualised returns in the low 20 percent range
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Allied World Q1 premium drop; Ontario Teachers'sells ANV; Alternative capital hits $72bn: Aon Benfield; RMS on Ecuador quake; Record rainfall floods Texas...
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A state-owned enterprise in China is seeking $100mn for a possible corporate cat bond
