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Alternative Risk Transfer
Freddie Mac, the US government-sponsored enterprise that provides liquidity to the US mortgage markets by buying mortgages from lenders, transferred a new type of risk into the reinsurance markets as part of an ongoing expansion of its risk transfer programme. 4 January 2019
Insurance
WR Berkley Corporation has made three senior appointments – two are internal promotions while it has also hired a senior executive from Chubb. 3 January 2019
Insurance
JLT Re's global property-catastrophe reinsurance index fell 1.2 percent at the January 1 renewals, despite 2018 being one of the costliest years in terms of catastrophe losses. 2 January 2019
Reinsurance
Enstar Group has announced that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries completed a previously announced transaction to acquire Maiden Reinsurance North America from a subsidiary of Maiden Holdings. 2 January 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
Reinsurance treaties with aggregate loss triggers are expected to be vulnerable to the November fire losses in California, following previous qualifying catastrophe events in 2018 that would have utilized some or all of their aggregate deductibles, Fitch Ratings said. 20 December 2018
Insurance
California-based TicketGuardian, an insurtech firm providing technology solutions for its wholly-owned insurance subsidiary, FanShield, has raised $8 million Series A funding led by American Family Ventures and IA Capital Group. 20 December 2018
Insurance
Assurant expects to record between $110 million to $150 million pre-tax, of fourth quarter 2018 reportable catastrophe losses in its global housing segment. 20 December 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+” to Bermuda-based Vermeer Reinsurance, a property catastrophe reinsurer that has recently been launched by RenaissanceRe and Dutch pension fund manager PGGM. 20 December 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Market participants are expecting steadily rising reinsurance pricing over the course of 2019, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) analysts. 20 December 2018
Insurance
Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings estimated its pre-tax loss from California wildfires in the range of $125 million to $150 million. 20 December 2018
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