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IAG signs quota share deal with European reinsurers

Australian insurer IAG has signed quota share deals with Munich Re, Swiss Re and Hannover Re as it seeks to reduce earnings volatility.

Trading Risk, 08 December 2017
Wildfires bring XL Group’s Q4 cat losses to $250mn

The October Northern Californian wildfires have added $200mn to XL Group's fourth quarter natural catastrophe losses, bringing the total to $250mn. The estimate covers the period up to 1 December, with the wildfires primarily hitting XL Group's reinsurance operations.

Trading Risk, 07 December 2017
Beazley among Lloyd’s carriers chasing ILS assets

Several new ILS vehicles are in the works for 2018, marking a resurgence of interest in managing third-party capital from Lloyd's carriers that have been late to the game in setting up such platforms

Trading Risk, 07 December 2017
Lloyd’s takes high hit from 2017 cats

A number of outsized third quarter losses at Lloyd's insurers has highlighted the London market's concentrated exposure to the 2017 hurricanes

Trading Risk, 07 December 2017
Experts identify longevity swap hotspots

Australia, the Netherlands and Canada have been tipped as countries where longevity swaps are likely to take off in future due to improved data and regulatory conditions, market participants have said

Trading Risk, 07 December 2017
Z/Yen to launch cyber catastrophe ILS prototype

Z/Yen has launched a cyber catastrophe ILS research project as part of its two-year programme looking at how mutual distributed ledgers, such as blockchain technology, can be used across a number of fields

Trading Risk, 07 December 2017

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