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ILS report card: fourth quarter and full year 2015
Alternative Risk Transfer
It was an interesting year for cat bonds, from record high issuance in Q1 to a six-year low in Q4. Cory Anger, global head of ILS Structuring; Jordan Brown, analyst; Ryan Clarke, senior vice president and Sung Yim, senior vice president, all of GC Securities, report.   22 January 2016
ILS market sees regional differences ahead
Alternative Risk Transfer
Paul Schultz, chief executive officer at Aon Securities, looks at the regional opportunities that exist for the ILS market and claims that the US is still the main leader when it comes to ILS business as it heads into 2016.   21 January 2016
Cat bond lite - and an ideally short shelf life
Alternative Risk Transfer
Tom Johansmeyer, AVP – Reinsurance Services, Marketing at ISO/Verisk Insurance Solutions takes a look at the cat bond lites, which are starting to play a big part in the ILS market.   21 January 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
The government has made significant steps towards enabling the UK to become a centre for insurance-linked securities (ILS) business, but the devil will be in the detail writes Andrew Holderness, Global Head of Corporate Insurance Group at Clyde & Co.   21 January 2016
News
The challenge and potential implications of climate change have always worried re/insurers. With the issue again at the forefront of global politics, many are also realising the power they have and the moral choices they must make in terms of where they invest. Intelligent Insurer reports.   6 January 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
For the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market 2015 was the year the market matured, according to Paul Schultz, chief executive officer at Aon Securities.   22 December 2015
Insurance
Ashley Prebble, insurance partner at Clifford Chance, takes a look at how the Financial Conduct Authority is investigating big data and the possible risks to insurers of limits on innovation.   21 December 2015
Alternative Risk Transfer
A number of innovative deals have transformed the potential of longevity swaps to help defined benefit pension schemes to manage longevity risk. Here, Stewart McLaughlin, Willis Management (Guernsey), explains the nature of the advance and what it might mean for this form of risk transfer.   17 December 2015
Alternative Risk Transfer
The London Market Group (LMG) has formed a working group designed to make and push the case for London becoming more friendly to insurance-linked securities in a number of ways. Malcolm Newman, CEO of SCOR’s Paris-London Hub, chairman of the International Underwriting Association and sponsor of LMG’s ILS Working Group, explains the logic and aims underpinning the project.   17 December 2015
Alternative Risk Transfer
The insurance-linked securities market has enjoyed growth and innovation in recent years. A new development spearheaded by Guy Carpenter could revolutionise the way re/insurers interact with the sector. Intelligent Insurer reports.   15 December 2015

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