All Cat bonds articles – Page 7
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Online onlyFarewell to catastrophe reinsurance?
A spate of new cat bonds suggests insurers increasingly prefer the capital markets for risk management
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Online onlyClimate change: insurers have a crucial role
The industry must recognise its important role in providing solutions to help curb climate change
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Nephila launches Gamut Re in Cayman
Nephila Capital has launched Gamut Reinsurance; cat portfolio to be managed using CDO technology
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Online onlyPooling together to cover catastrophes
Is the first-ever multi-country catastrophe pool a major step forward for hazard-prone regions?
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S&P: Glacier Re cat bond assigned “B” rating
Standard & Poor's has assigned its “B” senior secured debt rating to the $75m class A notes issued by Nelson Re
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Glacier Re launches Cayman-based cat bond
Glacier Reinsurance has announced the successful launch of a $75m wind and quake bond
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Online onlyReinsurers brace for 2007 hurricane season
As a new storm season begins, non-traditional nat cat solutions are continuing to prove popular
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S&P assigns ratings to Swiss Re quake bond
Standard & Poor’s has assigned ratings to “MedQuake”, Swiss Re’s Mediterranean earthquake catastrophe bond
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S&P: Insurers anticipate more cats long term
Insurers expect weather-related catastrophes to increase over time as a result of a warming global climate, says S&P
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Travelers and Longpoint Re in cat bond programme
Travelers has announced the establishment of a multi-year catastrophe bond programme.
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Willis is co-lead in $100m quake securitisation
Willis has acted as co-lead manager of an offering of $100m of notes linked to earthquakes in California
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Industry Matters
Hedging cat perils
Allianz’s new catastrophe bond covers flooding in the UK by offsetting the risk against North American earthquakes, explains Marc Hannebert
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Aspen completes $200m cat bond and ILW deal
Aspen has turned to the capital markets to protect against California earthquake and US wind events
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Cat bond appetite continues in 2007
The oversubscription of Hannover Re's $150m catastrophe bond shows investor appetite is continuing in 2007
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Guy Carp: 2006 cat bond issuance reaches $4.69bn
Guy Carpenter have found that cat bond issuance has more than tripled to $4.69bn since 2004.
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Features
Part of the furniture
Is the boom in capital market products coming to an end? With the industry anticipating record profits for 2006, Ronald Gift Mullins considers what impact this could have on the appetite of capital market investors.
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GR Focus
Feast or famine?
Is the reinsurance industry now overcapitalised? With prices now falling for many lines of business Christopher Kershaw and Andrew Poulton explain why there is too much capital in the market and what the consequences might be.
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Investment Analysis
Opportunity knocks
With the 2004 and 2005 storm seasons clearly etched in their minds, some investors are overreacting every time the wind blows and missing an opportunity, explains Lindsey Rogerson.
