Latest Insurance Linked Securities Headlines
All the headlines from our Insurance Linked Securities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Resort Airports in Stormy Southeast Asia Leave Safety to Chance
May 3 2013 // It’s the invisible enemy: something all pilots dread as they land at Asia’s tropical island resorts. Wind shear – or the sudden change in wind speed and direction – is particularly hazardous at...
Aon Benfield ILS Report Notes Cat Bond Investor Returns Double
Apr 18 2013 // Aon Benfield Securities Insurance-Linked Securities First Quarter Update 2013 has concluded that “for the annual period ending March 31, investment returns for the Aon Benfield All Bond index had reached 12.69...
Pension Funds Looking for Higher Yields from Cat Bonds
Apr 9 2013 // Pension funds are turning to specialist bonds that bet on the likelihood of a natural disaster, in a search for yield and returns that are not correlated to the rest of the market. What was once considered an exotic...
Willis ILS Reports 2012 as 2nd Strongest Cat Bond Issuance on Record
Jan 31 2013 // According to figures compiled for Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), part of global insurance broker, Willis Group Holdings, “last year saw the second highest level of catastrophe bond issuance on record...
Aon Benfield ILS Report Notes $1.89 Billion Issued in Q4; $6.25 Billion in 2012
Jan 16 2013 // In its latest report on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, which reviews the key trends witnessed during the fourth quarter of 2012, Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance...
Willis WCMA Reports Sandy’s Cat Bond Impact Likely to be Muted
Nov 14 2012 // The impact of Hurricane Sandy on the catastrophe bond market is likely to be muted based on current estimates, with little impact on new pricing, according to Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), part of global...
Sandy to Have Limited Impact on Catastrophe Bond Market: Willis
Nov 14 2012 // Superstorm Sandy’s impact the catastrophe bond market is likely to be muted based on current estimates, with little impact on new pricing, according to Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA). The scope and...
Reinsurers, Capital Markets: Competitors or Complements?
Oct 8 2012 // Investments from the capital markets in various forms now provide around 14 percent of the total capital dedicated to providing reinsurance – approximately $35 billion [$17 billion in cat bonds] out of $250 billion. The...
Capital Markets: A Threat or a Complement for Reinsurers?
Sep 18 2012 // Investments from the capital markets in various forms now provide around 14 percent of the total capital dedicated to providing reinsurance – approximately $35 billion [$17 billion in cat bonds] out of $250 billion. The...
Aon Benfield Report Highlights Growth of Insurance-linked Securities
Sep 6 2012 // Catastrophe bond issuance for the last 12 months – June 2011 to June 2012 – rose to $6.43 billion – an increase of more than $2 billion over the same period in 2011, according to a report issued by Aon Benfield...
Insurance-linked Securities Top $2 Billion in Q2: Aon Benfield
Jul 26 2012 // The latest report on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market from Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, reveals that...
Willis ILS Report: Catastrophe Reinsurance Market Nearing Strategic Shift
Jul 23 2012 // A report from Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), a unit of Willis Group Holdings, concludes that the “catastrophe reinsurance market may be on the cusp of a strategic shift, with third party capital...
Willis Capital Reports Strong Growth in Cat Bond Market; $1.3 Billion in Q1
May 2 2012 // The latest Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) Market Update from Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), part of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, notes a “record issuance in the catastrophe bond...
Q1 Insurance-linked Securities at Record $1.49 Billion: Aon Benfield Study
Apr 23 2012 // Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, has issued its latest report on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, which reviews the...
Swiss Re Structures $240 million Insurance-linked Securities for Allianz
Apr 6 2012 // Swiss Re Capital Markets announced that it has “structured and successfully placed $240 million of insurance-linked securities [cat bonds] issued by Blue Danube Ltd., on behalf of a subsidiary of Allianz SE. The...
Armour Group Forms Specialty Securities Unit
Mar 9 2012 // The Bermuda-based Armour Group announced the formation of a new ILS [Insurance Linked Strategies- more commonly ‘securities’] focused asset manager to “target unique opportunities for uncorrelated returns...
S&P: Excess Capital, Strong ERM Give Reinsurers 2011 Cat Loss Cushion
Jan 26 2012 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it is “maintaining its stable outlook on the global reinsurance sector despite the near-record level of catastrophe losses in 2011,” as it...
Swiss Re Study Forecasts ‘Continued Growth’ for Insurance Linked Securities
Sep 7 2011 // According to Swiss Re’s study – “The fundamentals of insurance-linked securities” – some 15 years after they were introduced, the “market for insurance-linked securities (ILS) is poised for...
Willis’ ILS Report Sees Increased Investor Interest in Cat Bonds
Jul 14 2011 // A new report from Willis ILS – Investors Eager for Cat Bonds Following Light Second Quarter Issuance – concludes that, despite, or perhaps due to the catastrophes experienced during the first quarter of 2011,...
Aon Benfield Analyzes Q1 Cat Bond Performance
May 5 2011 // Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking subsidiary of Aon Corp., has released its latest Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) report, which examines the key trends in the ILS sector during the first quarter of the...
