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Private equity firm Aquiline is reportedly in advanced talks with Beach & Associates, a Canada-based re/insurance intermediary, to acquire a majority stake in the firm. 20 August 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
The insurance-linked securities sector has seen a substantial rise in the number of catastrophe bonds issued with an indemnity trigger structure. Michael Madigan, a partner in the insurance practice, and head of the property and casualty alternative risk transfer practice in New York, at law firm Sidley Austin, explains why this trend is likely to continue. 19 August 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
A re-structuring of the business and a narrowing of the gap between traditional and capital markets paved the way for Italian insurer Generali to bring its first catastrophe bond to the market. Franco Urlini and Mirko Sartori tell Intelligent ILS how they expect the first Italian bond to affect the wider market. 19 August 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
The second quarter of 2014 demonstrated strong interest in the market, with catastrophe bond issuance reaching $4.5 billion. As the second half of the year promises to be equally active, Paul Schultz, CEO at Aon Benfield Securities talks to Intelligent ILS about the market’s evolution and how this will impact renewal discussions. 19 August 2014
Insurance
The executive committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted a newly drafted reinsurance framework which changes the types of assets or securities insurer/captive regulations can invest in to back their reserve liabilities. 19 August 2014
Insurance
Guy Carpenter has released MetaRisk 7.3, the latest version of the firm’s risk and capital management decision-making tool. 15 August 2014
News
JLT Towers Re has appointed Elizabeth Kernan as senior vice president in its specialty practice based in San Francisco. 14 August 2014
News
JLT Specialty has expanded its capabilities with the creation of a crisis management team. 13 August 2014
News
Third Point Re, the reinsurance firm backed by Dan Loeb’s hedge fund, Third Point, has posted strong growth for the second quarter of 2014, despite an underwriting loss. 8 August 2014
Insurance
Broker Lockton has poached Michael Lea, Ian Nichol and Jo Newman from JLT. They will join its existing international management liability (IML) team. 7 August 2014
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