ILS
Aon Benfield : launches latest report on the insurance-linked securities market
Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, launches its latest report on the insurance-linked securities...
Swiss Re : healthy future of ILS market predicted
A new report by Swiss Re has predicted that the market for insurance-linked securities (ILS) is set for growth.
The report, entitled ‘The Fundamentals of...
Aon Benfield : released latest annual Insurance Linked Securities report
Aon Benfield has released its annual Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) report. This examines the trends witnessed in the ILS sector during the last 12...
Swiss Re has entered into a transaction with Successor X
Swiss Re has entered into a transaction with Successor X Ltd. ("Successor X") to receive up to USD 170 million of payments in the...
Aon Benfield : ILS issuance in Q3 in line with forecast according to Aon Benfield Securities report
Aon Benfield Securities, the securities and investment banking operation of Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, today announces the launch of its latest...
Swiss Re obtains $150 million of natural catastrophe protection through new Successor X programme
Swiss Re has obtained USD 150 million protection for North Atlantic hurricane, European windstorm and California earthquake through the Successor X catastrophe bond programme.
Swiss...
Munich RE announces insurance-linked securities back in business
Following a short, sharp slump in demand, insurance-linked securities are back in business. Apart from a temporary increase in price, the financial crisis has...
Insurance mergers and acquisitions activity to increase in 2010
The insurance industry will see a pick up in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity in 2010, according to Tony Ursano, Chief Executive Officer of...
ILS Review 2009 – Cat bonds continue to outperform
Aon Benfield, the world’s premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, today releases its annual review of the Insurance-Linked Securities market. The ILS Review 2009...
Study reveals how the use of indices in insurance-linked securities benefits both (re)insurers and investors
According to Swiss Re’s new sigma study, “The role of indices in transferring insurance risks to the capital markets”, both (re)insurers and investors benefit...
Hannover Re executes innovative capital market transaction covering facultative risks
Hannover Re has for the first time placed a facultative risk portfolio as part of its extended Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) activities. Worldwide individual risks...
