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Trevor Bolt, former head of group protections for Hannover Re, was named the 2015 outstanding contributor of the year at the Trading Risk Awards ceremony in London last night (18 June).
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The "fear factor" of catastrophe losses creates a bigger risk of losing ILS capital from the market than the scenario of rising interest rates, speakers at the Convergence London 2015 event this morning (17 June) agreed.
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LGT's Collateralised Reinsurance was the largest alternative market provider on the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF)'s 2015 reinsurance programme
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A combined Axis-PartnerRe hopes to earn an additional $60mn a year by 2017 from managing third-party capital.
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Swiss Re has slightly decreased the size of its global Sector Re sidecar for the second year running, Trading Risk understands
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A combined Axis-PartnerRe hopes to earn an additional $60mn a year by 2017 from managing third-party capital, according to a presentation released by Axis today (1 June)
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Aspen is believed to have chosen an asset management partner for a hedge fund reinsurer vehicle, sister publication The Insurance Insider has reported
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Lower oil prices are taking their toll on the energy insurance market as record capacity has converged with a fall in demand.
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There has been a significant increase in new retro demand in recent weeks, with broking sources saying that this could add as much as $2bn of new limit to annual volumes
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Axis investors take Q1 loss; Kinesis profits for Lancashire; Kiskadee stabilises Hiscox premium; PartnerRe adds crop to Lorenz Re
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Everest Re raised $60mn of capital for its sidecar Mt Logan Re at 1 April, taking the vehicle's total assets under management to $750mn, the carrier's CUO John Doucette said on a Q1 earnings call.
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The two leading reinsurer-managed funds platforms posted a year-on-year fall in fee income during the first quarter, reflecting the impact of running smaller sidecars.
