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Trading Risk

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  • Reinsurance conditions began moving in investors’ favour in mid-year 2019, marking a delayed reaction to 2017-2018 losses.
  • This year’s award winners have taken their moment in the spotlight at a turbulent time in the ILS market’s history, making their recognition all the more valuable.
  • The past two years challenged the catastrophe (re)insurance market more than any period since the Hurricane Katrina era in 2004-2005 – but it is far from clear what the outcome will be this time around.
  • Retro and reinsurance partners will pick up $142mn of Axis Capital's $779mn of gross HIMM losses, with the bulk of recoveries due to retrocession on the firm's reinsurance book, the firm reported in its third quarter results.
  • The ILS market has quickly stabilised after last year’s catastrophe losses – but the fallout from Hurricane Irma has continued to push claims higher.
  • Securis Investment Partners has hired Paul Wilson from RMS and Adam Tidball from MS Amlin to lead its non-life catastrophe analytics team.