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Alternative Risk Transfer
Kalista Global, a Bermuda-based re/insurance company specialising in the origination, structuring and execution of ILS deals, has launched several new products in recent months in a strategy that values innovation over market share in this market.   12 March 2013
Insurance
Oil Casualty Insurance Ltd (OCIL) has diversified into a new line of business. It has said its move to write all-risk property insurance on a direct and facultative reinsurance basis for energy companies will give its portfolio more diversity in a sector where it believes there is also strong demand.   11 February 2013
Insurance
Bermudian re/insurer Argo Group has stressed that the recent sidecar it formed, capitalised by capital market investors, is very different to similar vehicles launched by its rivals.   16 January 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
In the long term, hedge fund-backed reinsurers are more likely to become niche providers of capacity in the market, rather than mainstream players.   11 December 2012
News
Endurance Specialty Holdings has highlighted the importance of establishing a diversified book of business and moving away from being perceived as a property-catastrophe specialist – as many companies based in Bermuda still are.   10 December 2012
Alternative Risk Transfer
The trend of insurers and reinsurers offering alternative forms of capacity to the market through the use of structures such as side-cars is as much about carriers seeking diversification and better uses of their capital as it is about seeking short-term returns for investors.   26 November 2012
Alternative Risk Transfer
Lancashire has announced that it will shortly launch Saltire Re I Limited (“Saltire Re I”), a fully collateralised Bermuda incorporated special purpose insurer (SPI).   6 November 2012
News
Bermuda-based reinsurer Endurance has launched a global trade credit and surety reinsurance business unit.   5 November 2012
Alternative Risk Transfer
Third Point Reinsurance and Hiscox Bermuda will partner in the development of a new fund management business dedicated to catastrophe reinsurance business.   1 October 2012
Alternative Risk Transfer
The rise of ILS and non-traditional sources of capacity has been the centre of much debate in the industry of late. In a two-part feature, we explore the pros, cons and opinions surrounding this market from those operating at its heart.   1 October 2012

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