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Insurance
Specialty re/insurer MS Amlin has established a new Bermuda-domiciled special purpose reinsurer and raised some $55 million from third party investors to back the venture. 8 January 2018
Insurance
It’s time for insurers to wake up to the reality of their role in protecting companies from the fallout from cyber attacks, says Dan Trueman, the global head of cyber at AXIS Insurance. 5 January 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
With the $10 billion threshold for annual ILS issuance finally pierced in 2017, it’s time for the global risk transfer community to make ‘catastrophe bonds phase II’ a reality, according to the quarterly PCS Q4 2017 Catastrophe Bond Report, authored by Tom Johansmeyer, assistant vice president, PCS Strategy and Development. 4 January 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Specialist Lloyd's insurer Neon has unveiled the first insurance-linked securities (ILS) vehicle to be formed in the UK and completed a $72 million collateralised quota share reinsurance transaction that will underwrite a portion of its syndicate’s business. 3 January 2018
Insurance
US insurers will need to be nimble if they are to maximise the potential benefits – and overcome potential pitfalls – stemming from US tax reforms, according to S&P Global Ratings, in a new report called ‘US Tax Reform: A Mixed Bag Of Goods For Life, Health, and P/C Re/Insurers.’ 2 January 2018
Insurance
Allianz Group and Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (LV=) have completed the first stage in the creation of their joint venture and strategic partnership through the planned sale of 49 percent stake in LV=’s UK General Insurance businesses (LV=GI) to Allianz Group. 2 January 2018
Insurance
The natural catastrophes which struck North America represented the most important development in the non-life re/insurance sector in 2017, according to executives interviewed by Intelligent Insurer for our year-end questionnaire. 29 December 2017
Insurance
The year 2017 has been marked by an unusually strong hurricane season in the US but also a number of significant regulatory changes such as the Ogden discount in the UK with significant consequences for the motor re/insurance industry. Intelligent Insurer asked re/insurance executives what the most important moments/developments were in the re/insurance industry in 2017. 22 December 2017
Insurance
Hamilton Underwriting, the managing agency of Syndicate 3334 and the Lloyd's operations of Hamilton Insurance Group, has reached an agreement with Randall & Quilter (R&Q) in conjunction with AXA DBIO, to support the Reinsurance to Close (RITC) of Syndicate 3334’s 2014 and prior years of account. 21 December 2017
Insurance
Speciality insurer Chaucer has taken its first steps into the world of third party capital by forming its first reinsurance sidecar, formed to provide collateralized capacity for Chaucer Syndicate 1084’s global reinsurance portfolio in 2018. 21 December 2017
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