All Securitisation/industry loss warranties articles – Page 4
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Farmers in unique $500m deal with Swiss Re
Farmers Insurance Group has entered into a $500m committed capital facility with Swiss Re to cover US cat losses
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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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RMS provides analysis in Brit cat swap
RMS has designed the trigger mechanisms for a securitisation of multi-peril, multi-event catastrophe risk
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Online onlySidecars becoming a global solution
Previously the domain of just a handful of other jurisdictions, sidecars are becoming a global reinsurance solution
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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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Test reinsurers with federal charter, urges von Bomhard
CEOs at Standard & Poor’s annual insurance conference said the current reinsurance cycle was “an uphill battle”
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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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Swiss Re in $100m Mediterranean quake bond
Swiss Re has obtained $100m protection against earthquake risk in Turkey, Greece, Israel, Portugal and Cyprus
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Munich Re in $150m hurricane securitisation
Munich Re has transferred parts of its hurricane exposure in the US to the capital markets.
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Industry Matters
Managing investor demands
With almost $35bn raised since Hurricane Katrina, much of it from the capital markets, the industry must cater to this important source of capacity, explain Jean-Bernard Crozet and Colum D’Auria
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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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Swiss Re and Allianz in $150m flood and quake securitisation
Swiss Re has places $150m of securities covering flood and earthquake catastrophe events on behalf of Allianz
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CME and Carvill launch hurricane index futures
CME and Carvill to provide hurricane index futures and options on futures contracts
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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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Features
The poor cousin?
It's the quiet ones you've got to watch out for, discovers Helen Yates. Industry loss warranties may not have received as much press attention as other alternative products, but they're attracting massive investor interest.
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Courting capital
Alternative risk transfer solutions are set to break new records in 2006. Cat bonds, sidecars and swaps are all increasingly popular means of tapping the capital flows, explain Jonathan Barnes and Alan Punter.
