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The 2017 catastrophe events have highlighted the extent to which ILS managers are benefiting from industry loss warranty (ILW) hedging, but market sources have questioned where the losses will ultimately fall as more clarity is gained over HIM claims in months to come
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Collateralised reinsurance fund strategies took losses of 10-20 percent in September, Trading Risk understands
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Reinsurance pricing seems to rely on a certain amount of collective signalling in as much as it does number-crunching - as underwriters gauge how far they can push rates without losing business, by looking for fear in the eyes of their opposition
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New York-listed Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings has reported that it expects 14 percent of its projected 1 January 2018 shareholders' equity to be locked up as a result of third quarter catastrophes
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Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings has reported that it expects 14 percent of its projected 1 January 2018 shareholders' equity to be locked up as a result of Q3 catastrophes, on top of reported losses.
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Hannover Re has ceded 47 percent of its 2017 natural catastrophe losses to its retrocession partners, the firm said in its third quarter report.
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Barbican is in the early stages of planning to raise third-party capital in order to write collateralised retro cover for Lloyd's syndicates, it is understood.
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Barbican is planning to raise £160mn ($209mn) of capital to fund a collateralised reinsurance vehicle that provides stop-loss retro cover to Lloyd's syndicates
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RenaissanceRe CEO Kevin O'Donnell has said that the group's gross losses of about $2.2bn from third quarter catastrophes had been slashed by two-thirds due to cessions to third party capital and reinstatement premium income
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Aspen ceded more than 40 percent of its gross losses from the third quarter catastrophes to its reinsurance and retro partners, the company's executives said on an earnings call
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Markel CatCo Investment Management has raised more than $1.8bn for its privately managed fund after the 2017 hurricane losses.
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Markel Catco has today announced its intention to raise further equity capital through the issuance of up to 2 billion shares in its London-listed fund, priced at $1 a share