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Trading Risk

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  • Making the scale of flood exposures clear is critical to getting more risk taken up by the private insurance markets, said Willis Towers Watson's head of capital, science and policy Samantha Medlock
  • Market participants have said the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)'s guidelines on the London ILS framework are flexible enough to be workable, although some have expressed disappointment over the regulator's final stance on funding arrangements
  • Investors waiting to move into the ILS sector could seize their chance in the post-loss environment, but speakers at this year's Trading Risk New York Rendez-Vous questioned whether the price reaction to 2017 catastrophes would be enough to draw in more opportunistic actors
  • There has been a mixed reaction to third quarter catastrophe losses from Korean investors who invested in ILS for the first time this year, an analyst from South Korea's leading securities firm told Trading Risk
  • The legacy reinsurance market is catching the attention of ILS funds seeking additional yield and diversification, as business opportunities from insurers looking to offload older portfolios increase due to the tighter capital restrictions imposed by Solvency II
  • Credit Suisse US plan; Catco to raise $250mn; BlackRock targets cat bonds