Allstate lifts cat reinsurance to $6.6bn. Agg cover lowered on event deductibles
US primary insurance giant Allstate has renewed its main excess catastrophe reinsurance towers for 2022 into 2023 and the company has raised the top of its per-occurrence reinsurance coverage to $6.6 billion, but on the aggregate side the tower has shrunk with coverage attaching lower-down now thanks to the use of event deductibles. For the […]
Cat bond funds lead private ILS, as returns demonstrate decorrelation
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategies delivered a second month in a row of muted performance in March 2022, as some catastrophe exposure and continued price pressure in catastrophe bonds, dented returns for some strategies, but overall the sector remains positive for Q1, further underscoring the decorrelation potential for investors. On average, insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds […]
