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Trading Risk May 2019

  • Florida reinsurance market share reshuffles post-Irma
    With Nephila’s market share slightly shrinking, RenaissanceRe and Gen Re moved up the Florida leaderboard.
    Fiona Robertson, 17 May 2019
  • Insurers welcome Florida legal changes but hold fire on pricing impact
    The main point of concern has been over lawyers' ability to find new ways around the clampdown on the AOB regime that has led more claims to court.
    Emmanuel Kenning, 17 May 2019
  • Swedish pensions increase ILS holdings in 2018
    The fair value of AP3's ILS portfolio rose by 10.7 percent to $560mn at year end in 2018.
    Lucy Jones, 17 May 2019
  • Reinsurers split on growth in Q1
    Carriers that wrote more premium include Swiss Re, Munich Re, RenaissanceRe and Everest Re, while Hiscox Re and Axis posted reductions in top line income.
    Fiona Robertson, 17 May 2019
  • Forecasters predict slightly below-average hurricane season
    In April, TSR reiterated its early prediction that North Atlantic hurricane activity will be slightly below the long-term norm.
    Emmanuel Kenning, 17 May 2019
  • McGill and RSG start-ups unveiled
    The start-up went live in May with the name McGill & Partners.
    Adam McNestrie, 17 May 2019
  • Catlin start-up (re)insurer seeks to reduce operating costs
    Convex will also seek to tackle the cost of expenses plaguing most carriers across the industry by outsourcing non-underwriting functions “horizontally” with a single partner.
    Adam McNestrie, 17 May 2019
  • AlphaCat AuM uplift adds to traffic jam of $4bn ILS managers
    AlphaCat’s $4.16bn net AuM was detailed in a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
    Lucy Jones, 17 May 2019
  • SBAI ILS valuations memo suggests more segregation
    The memo acknowledged that the approach would be preferable, but also unrealistic for some funds.
    Fiona Robertson, 17 May 2019
  • Cat bond pricing rises as capacity falls
    Issuances from United Insurance Holdings, American Integrity Insurance Company and Safepoint have all reflected an uptick in pricing compared with prior-year benchmarks.
    Sofia Geraghty, 17 May 2019
  • Lloyd’s future blueprint suggests appeal to tracker fund investors
    Opening up opportunities for different forms of capital is a key part of the Lloyd’s vision for a future of increased efficiency and lower costs.
    Lucy Jones, 17 May 2019
  • Even if Markel wanted to revamp the Catco offering, so many steps in the process are out of its control
    Markel has not actually come out and said what it plans to do with former top 10 ILS manager Markel Catco, but the likely money has to be on a gradual closure now that an overwhelming 91 percent of assets under management are due to be returned to investors, as claims development permits.
    Fiona Robertson, 17 May 2019
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