Latest Insurance Linked Securities Headlines
All the headlines from our Insurance Linked Securities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers, Brokers and Clients Express their Views on the Industry
Mar 9 2015 // The Economist’s Insurance 2015 Conference, which took place on Tuesday, March 15, at the ornate Clothworkers Hall in London, featured a panel that expressed the views of insurers, brokers and their clients in a...
Bermuda States It Will Fight to Remain Top Domicile for ILS
Jan 28 2015 // The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) has issued a lengthy defense of its primary position as the “domicile of choice” for insurance linked securities (ILS); pointing out that 57 percent of such securities issued in...
Reinsurance Execs See Market Adjusting to New Realities
Jan 20 2015 // Aon Benfield’s Reinsurance Market Analysis describes the participants as having “reached the end of a 15 year journey, featuring chronological stages of alternative capital’s significance, completion and...
Catastrophe Bond Issuance Reaches Record Levels: Aon Benfield Report
Jan 16 2015 // Property catastrophe bond issuance for the fourth quarter 2014 stood at USD$2.1 billion across six separate transactions, contributing to a record annual property catastrophe bond issuance of USD$8.0 billion, according to...
Interview: D&O Cyber Liability, Cyber Risks Top Lawyers’ Agenda
Oct 1 2014 // Jeff Kingsley, a partner with the law firm of Goldberg and Segalla, specializes in technology risks, notably cyber liability and cyber risk, an emerging sector with many variables and pit falls for the unwary, which he...
Reinsurance Alternative Capital Now 20% of Cat Market: Aon Benfield ILS Report
Sep 11 2014 // Alternative capital has captured approximately a 20 percent market share of property catastrophe reinsurance volume. That news came our of Aon Benfield Securities, which issued its annual report on the insurance-linked...
S&P Report Finds Volume Increases as Prices Drop in the ILS Market
Jul 29 2014 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services will publish its annual “Global Reinsurance Highlights” publication to coincide with the 2014 Reinsurance Rendez-Vous in September. S&P said the report would...
Cat Bonds Totaling $4.5 Billion Issued in Q2 2014: Aon Benfield ILS Study
Jul 9 2014 // Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield in its latest report on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector, reveals that 12 catastrophe...
Willis Sees Catastrophe Bonds Setting Record This Year After Busy Q2
Jul 7 2014 // The largest ever volume of non-life catastrophe bonds was issued during the second quarter of 2014 (Q2), according to a report by Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), part of Willis Group Holdings. The Willis...
Willis Strengthens Capital Markets Unit in Asia, London
Apr 14 2014 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced two key appointments to further strengthen its capital markets division, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA). Rui Huang joins Willis as Senior Vice President. He is based in...
Argo Re Forms Partnership with Horseshoe Group for ILS Market
Mar 4 2014 // The Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings announced that its Bermuda-based reinsurance company, Argo Re, Ltd., has entered into an agreement with Horseshoe Re Limited that will expand its reinsurance product...
Cat Bond Coverage Reaches Record $20 Billion: Aon Benfield ILS study
Jan 14 2014 // In its latest report Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, noted that the fourth quarter of 2014 continued to see more...
Bond Managers Gain as Pension Funds Flock to Catastrophe Risk
Dec 12 2013 // Funds specializing in insurance-linked risks such as catastrophe bonds are benefiting as the $30 trillion pension industry increases bets in a market that hasn’t posted an annual loss. At Leadenhall Capital Partners...
Alternative Capital Dominates Discussions at Reinsurance Rendez-vous
Sep 11 2013 // The 57th Reinsurance Rendez-vous is winding down, and, while it’s been another successful networking opportunity for the re/insurance industry’s movers and shakers, most of the discussions have ended on a note...
Cat Bond Issuance Hits 6-Year High: Aon Benfield ILS Report
Aug 1 2013 // Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, has issued it latest report – The Insurance-Linked Securities Second Quarter 2013 Update...
XL and Stone Point Form New Bermuda Company for ILS Market Products
Jul 26 2013 // XL Group and private equity firm Stone Point Capital LLC have announced the formation of a new Bermuda-based company to act as an investment manager in insurance-linked securities (ILS) and other reinsurance capital...
Towers Watson Places $60M Cat Bond for New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance
Jul 25 2013 // Towers Watson Capital Markets Inc., a subsidiary of global professional services company Towers Watson, announced it recently arranged a private placement catastrophe bond, Sullivan Re 2013-1, which closed at $60 million....
Q2 New Non-Life Cat Bond Issues Total $2.1 Billion: Willis Capital Markets
Jul 24 2013 // “The second quarter of 2013 saw $2.2 billion of non-life catastrophe bonds issued through 14 tranches (representing 10 deals), compared with $2.1 billion issued in Q2 2012 through 12 tranches (representing 7...
Geneva Association’s Fitzpatrick on Systemic Risks, Nat Cats, ILS, Cyber Risks
Jun 11 2013 // When the Geneva Association’s presentation on how and why governments and re/insurers need to work more closely adjourned, we were able to talk to the organization’s Secretary General, John Fitzpatrick, a...
Willis ILS Report: Q1 2013 Sees $1.6 Billion in New Cat Bond Issuance
May 22 2013 // The first quarter of 2013 saw $1.6 billion of new issuance in non-life capacity marketed through five catastrophe bond transactions, including three transactions marketed in the first quarter and closed at the beginning of...
