In a turbulent world, we must securitize resilience: UNDP’s Kellett & Stander
Given the challenges faced in an increasingly volatile and turbulent world, insurance and risk finance are key tools that can help to shift the balance of risk, while insurance-linked securities (ILS) can “securitize resilience”, according to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) representatives. The UNDP published its Human Development Report today, with social insurance against future […]
African Development Bank, UK & London Market insurers enter risk transfer partnership
The African Development Bank, the government of the United Kingdom, and global insurers, AXA XL, Axis Specialty, and HDI Global Specialty, have closed on a new and innovative risk sharing transaction. The Room to Run Sovereign transaction was structured with the intention of scaling up the African Development Bank Group’s commitments to climate finance by […]
Post-hurricane Ian ILS market seen as “entry opportunity” by VP Bank
Even with the losses from hurricane Ian hanging over the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, Liechtenstein-based private bank VP Bank AG maintains an overweight view on the asset class and sees the rising premiums to come as an “entry opportunity” for investors. VP Bank undertakes asset management and investment consultant activities for private and institutional investors, […]
What a storm 10 years ago could look like 30 years from now
Recent studies indicate that climate change could cause a storm with an increase in wind loss of about 50% and an increase in storm surge loss of about 70% compared to what occurred during Hurricane Sandy. (This image of the New Jersey shore after Hurricane Sandy was captured by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mark C. […]
Hurricane Ian – no matter the number, cedents will trap as if its $70bn: Millette
During a panel discussion at the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2022 event yesterday, Michael Millette told the audience that while the quantum of loss matters after hurricane Ian, with such a range of estimates, the risk is that cedents will all seek to trap capital as if the industry impact is going to be $70 billion […]
The 2023 opportunity looks more attractive for ILS: Convergence
On the final day of the 2022 Convergence event in Bermuda, experts from across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector explained that, despite the challenges of recent years, there are opportunities out there. To end this year’s Convergence, Jan-Hendrik Hein, Investor Relations & Business Development Lead at Hiscox ILS, moderated a panel featuring experts and executives […]
Hannover Re to benefit from opportunities in ILS & Asia: Jefferies
Analysts at Jefferies have asserted that Hannover Re is set to benefit from opportunities in areas of change that it has embraced to a greater extent than many peers, including the hard market environment, ILS markets, Asian growth and even IFRS 17. In terms of innovation, Jefferies notes that Hannover Re has proactively embraced the […]
The catastrophe bonds seen most at-risk from hurricane Ian (currently)
We wanted to provide a list of catastrophe bond names, for those transactions that are currently felt to be most at-risk of losses after major hurricane Ian’s landfall in Florida. It’s important to stress that this list will continue to change and that any mark-downs in cat bond prices we cite here are averaged from […]
Twelve Capital warns of “potentially significant” aggregate cat bond erosion from Ian
After hurricane Ian, there is the potential for “significant” erosion to aggregate catastrophe bonds, according to investment manager Twelve Capital. In its latest update on major hurricane Ian, Twelve Capital, the Zurich-headquartered insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked fund manager, said that it is now working off a range of industry loss estimates from $50 […]
AM Best flags uncertainties for Sub-Saharan reinsurance market
Analysts at AM Best have flagged a host of uncertainties that may impede the near-term prospects of the reinsurance market in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), despite its significant expansion over the past decade. The rating agency notes that gross written premium in the SSA reinsurance market has grown at a 10-year compound annual growth rate of […]