The strategy of Langhorne Re, the closed-ended life fund set up last month by RenaissanceRe and life reinsurer Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), will be based largely around a leveraged asset play, according to sources.
Bermuda-based (re)insurer XL Catlin placed more than $500mn of new catastrophe limit for 2018 and increased alternative market retro support to more than $3bn, as ceding strategies among major carriers diverged following last year's losses.