Investors frustrated by loss creep communication
Experts at Trading Risk’s London ILS Conference gave a mixed report on investor appetite and opportunities in the sector...
- Trading Risk / Article / 13 days ago
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Mercer sees growing interest in ILS from investors despite two years of losses
Robert Howie points to side-pockets as the big issue of 2018...
- Trading Risk / Article / 18 days ago
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Securis SPA widened 2018 loss despite higher reinsurance
The discontinued special purpose arrangement ran up a £51.8mn loss in 2018 as prior-year claims deteriorated...
- Trading Risk / Article / 20 days ago
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Nephila narrows insurance loss but reinsurance hit in 2018
Syndicate 2357 had escaped a reinsurance loss in 2017 but the segment fell to an $84.2mn loss in 2018...
- Trading Risk / Article / 23 days ago
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Arcus ends quota share deal with Barbican
The Credit Suisse-backed managing general agent took a £6.6mn loss in 2018, down from £7.7mn the year before...
- Trading Risk / Article / 23 days ago
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Post-Irma creep will not lead to model changes
The reported estimates from insurers have increased by up to 140 percent since Q3 2017...
- Trading Risk / Article / 1 month ago
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Mercer puts median ILS loss at 0.8% in 2018
Data on ILS returns from Mercer ranks the industry’s 2018 performance as the second-worst after 2017, and only just better than that of 2011...
- Trading Risk / Article / 1 month ago
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Panel: cat bonds a primary focus but growth potential a hurdle
Cat bonds are becoming a “primary area of focus” for investors after faring well amid two years of catastrophe losses, AlphaCat CEO Lixin Zeng said at this year’s Sifma IRLS conference in Miami...
- Trading Risk / Article / 1 month ago
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Florida carriers need more alignment with reinsurers: Lohmann
Florida insurers should have more of a stake in managing the claims process, the Secquaero CEO said...
- Trading Risk / Article / 1 month ago
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Florida under review: ‘social inflation’ fears drive repricing demands
The impact of Hurricane Irma loss creep is coming to the fore ahead of the June renewals...
- Trading Risk / Article / 1 month ago
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