Ariel Re Raises $270M of Capital to Support Growth Opportunities March 6, 2023 Ariel Re, a global reinsurance business with offices in Bermuda, London and Hong Kong, has announced it has secured $270...
No Class of 2023: Why Capital Is Sitting on the Reinsurance Sidelines January 25, 2023 By Susanne Sclafane Until investors can be convinced that property-catastrophe reinsurance pricing has caught up with recurring event losses, they’ll continue to sit...
Hannover Re Transfers Cyber Risks to Capital Markets via Proportional Reinsurance January 24, 2023 Hannover Re has developed an additional retrocession tool that for the first time enables the capital markets to participate directly...
Cat Bond Investors Demand Higher Premiums as Weather Becomes More Extreme January 11, 2023 By Lucca de Paoli and Tasos Vossos Investors in the $35 billion catastrophe bond market are demanding the highest premiums in years to cover issuers against disasters,...
Beazley Launches Global Re/insurance Market’s First Cyber Catastrophe Bond January 9, 2023 Specialist insurer Beazley has launched the global insurance market’s first cyber catastrophe bond. The $45 million bond gives Beazley indemnity...
January Renewals See Hardest Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates in Generation January 4, 2023 By L.S. Howard A convergence of global events has led to the hardest property-catastrophe reinsurance market in a generation and a “complex,” “grueling”...
Credit Suisse to Sell Most of Securitized Product Unit to Apollo, PIMCO October 28, 2022 By Steven Arons Credit Suisse Group AG has signed an exclusivity agreement with a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management Inc....
ILS Investors Could Help Fill Cyber Re/Insurance Protection Gap if Hurdles Are Overcome August 29, 2022 By L.S. Howard The cyber re/insurance protection gap provides an opportunity for insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors, which historically have filled the gaps where...
Reinsurance Capital To Drop $40 Billion at Year-End 2022: AM Best August 22, 2022 AM Best estimates that traditional reinsurance capital will drop by roughly $40 billion to $435 billion at year-end 2022, after...
Reinsurance M&A Slows Amid Macroeconomic Risks, Higher Natural Disaster Claims August 15, 2022 Mergers and acquisitions in the global reinsurance sector will be limited into 2023 amid investor concerns over macroeconomic risks and...