City National Rochdale ILW fund beats cat bond benchmark
The industry-loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy offered by investment adviser City National Rochdale (CNR) delivered a 5.95% annual return to January 31st 2022, beating its main catastrophe bond benchmark. The positive net return of 5.95% for the year to January 31st 2022 was a little lower than the prior year, […]
Cat bond spreads widening as market experiences mismatch
The catastrophe bond market is seeing spreads widen for practically all new issuances, with market sources telling us about a mismatch, on multiple counts, that has the effect of driving prices higher, and is also sending broader signals on the potential trajectory for catastrophe reinsurance rates at the mid-year renewals. During the first-quarter of 2022, […]
WEF: It’s not just climate change driving natural disaster losses
Climate change is contributing to rising losses from natural disasters, including increased damage to physical assets and disruption to business operations. But an underreported driver of losses is the growing number and value of exposed properties, such as those in floodplains. Organizations should set a baseline of risk to understand how natural disasters can impact […]
Parametric risk transfer interest drives innovation, but consolidation possible
Rising interest in parametric insurance and risk transfer has resulted in an influx of investor capital into the space, the development of new MGA’s and capacity, as well as new technology platforms. While this is driving innovation in the parametric risk transfer space, the market is only so big for parametric products at the moment […]
PRA to bring “flexibility & speed” to UK ILS, fast-track standard structures
The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) confirmed this morning that it is working on making changes to its insurance-linked securities (ILS) regime, with a view to bringing greater flexibility and speed to the regulatory process. Speaking at an event in London today, Alan Sheppard, Head of Insurance Policy at the Prudential Regulation Authority […]
Arkansas Teacher pension fund ILS allocation drops to $220m
The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, a state pension fund that provides retirement solutions to Arkansas education professionals, has seen its allocation to insurance-linked securities (ILS) shrink to roughly 1% of the fund, falling to $220 million. That’s down from a high of almost $290 million at the end of 2019 and $267 million at the […]
Divergent execution a sign of a mature ILS market: Swiss Re
Catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market execution through 2021 was not uniform, which global reinsurance firm Swiss Re highlights is a sign of the market becoming increasingly mature. As you’d expect, the catastrophe bond market in particular is maturing fast and the way deals execute, as well as how they price both in primary […]
Bermuda SPI’s and collateralized insurers reminded on Russia-Ukraine
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has issued a call for insurance-linked securities (ILS) vehicles domiciled on the island to adhere to international sanctions related to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and to disclose any relevant information or impact related to it as it continues. With international sanctions being layered on Russia after it […]
Philippines seeks cat bond event calculation for storm Megi (Agaton)
The Bureau of the Treasury of the Republic of the Philippines has issued a notice to the calculation agent of the World Bank issued IBRD CAR 123-124 catastrophe bond after the impacts of recent tropical storm Megi (locally known as storm Agaton), Artemis has learned. It’s the second calculation request the Philippines World Bank catastrophe bond […]
Ukraine conflict industry loss could exceed $20bn: PCS
The insurance and reinsurance industry loss from the conflict in Ukraine could exceed US $20 billion, according to Verisk-owned specialist claims and loss data unit PCS. Property Claim Services (PCS) has analysed data from its three most relevant product offerings, the PCS Global Aviation, PCS Global Marine and Energy, and PCS Global Large Loss services, […]