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Trading Risk looks at where InsurTech developments are intersecting with the ILS market and why asset managers and reinsurers are encouraging these new start-ups.
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Stone Ridge was a leading supporter of some of the new sidecar vehicles that emerged at January's renewal, including Sussex Capital and deals from MS Amlin and Chaucer.
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Cat bond issuance rose by 34 percent year on year in the first quarter, as the profile of risk was more diversified than in previous years, according to PCS.
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Climate finance entrepreneur Neil Eckert's latest venture, Incubex, is planning to raise up to $5mn of additional equity, as it considers trading opportunities in the reinsurance markets.
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San Francisco-based CyberCube Analytics has launched a cyber risk modelling platform that it established with backing from computer security software maker Symantec.
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High initial loss estimates put out for Hurricane Maria by AIR Worldwide helped to fuel ILS fundraising that brought in more capital than would have otherwise entered the market, said panellists at an event hosted by sister publication The Insurance Insider last week.
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ILS manager Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM) and Everest Re have agreed a strategic relationship that will see the reinsurer act as anchor investor in a new insurance technology fund that HSCM is launching early this year.
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ILS asset manager Gemini Re has launched in Florida with $500mn of capacity, which will be used to target US risk, the company has confirmed.
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Leadenhall Capital Partners has launched a remote risk fund with $22.5mn of seed capital at this year's renewals, the company has confirmed.
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Undoubtedly, prior positive returns were one of the factors that weighed with investors who supported Markel Catco's successful reload last year.
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Baillie Gifford has lowered its stake in the ordinary shares on offer from the Catco Reinsurance Opportunities Fund, according to a London Stock Exchange filing.
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ILS spreads have widened in the mid-to-high teens range after last year's losses, Swiss Re Capital Markets estimated in its latest quarterly market report.
