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Cat bond issuance hits record $17.7bn in 2024: Report
21st January 2025
Full-year catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance hit a record $17.7 billion in 2024 as fourth-quarter issuance of $4.5 billion more than offset a quiet third-quarter, taking the outstanding market to a new high of $49.5 billion, according to the latest Artemis quarterly cat bond report. Read the full article
Artemis Live: Capital markets structures for originators webinar – Watch the full replay
17th December 2024
Artemis, our insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused sister publication, has now published the full replay of its live webinar on the use of alternative capital sources by originators of insurance risk, which was held on November 21st, 2024, in association with Artex Capital Solutions. More than 830 people registered ... Read the full article
Artemis Live ILS Market Outlook 2025 webinar – Watch the full replay
27th November 2024
Our insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused sister publication, Artemis, has now published the full video of its ILS Market Outlook 2025 live webinar, during which experts from across the industry dissected the state of the catastrophe bond and broader ILS marketplace with a view to next year. The ... Read the full article
Reinsurance News Monte Carlo Executive Roundtable
29th October 2024
The Reinsurance News Monte Carlo Executive Rendezvous Roundtable took place at the 66th edition of RVS in September 2024 and featured insightful discussions on the reinsurance market as we head towards the key January 2025 renewals. In partnership with BMS Re and PwC, the 2024 Reinsurance News ... Read the full article
A quiet Q3, but 9M 2024 catastrophe bond issuance hits $13.2 billion: Report
14th October 2024
Third quarter catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance was muted at $573 million, but sufficient to take issuance for the first nine months of the year to a new high of $13.2 billion, according to Artemis. Now available to download for free, the Artemis Q3 ... Read the full article
Nature of Bermuda’s growing life reinsurance market is evolving: Cooper, PwC Bermuda
17th September 2024
The Bermuda life reinsurance market has expanded rapidly in recent times, and in 2024 alone, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has licensed an additional seven new players, while both existing and new entities have looked to innovate and refine their offerings, according to Damian Cooper, an experienced audit focused Partner ... Read the full article
Risk sharing between insurers and reinsurers has stabilised: Urs Baertschi, CEO P&C Reinsurance, Swiss Re
5th September 2024
After reinsurers tightened terms and conditions and raised attachment points to move away from rising so-called secondary peril losses, primary insurers have now caught up and understand what it means to have higher volatility in the frequency space, according to Urs Baertschi, CEO of P&C Reinsurance at Swiss Re. Read the full article
Actuarial & reserving teams are doing more to combat the uncertain environment: Sealy, PwC Bermuda
6th August 2024
The reserving cycle exists, and studies have shown that historically, final estimates tend to be underestimated in bad years and overestimated in good ones, but both actuarial and reserving teams are now doing more to mitigate significant uncertainty in the current environment, according to Damian Sealy of PwC Bermuda. Read the full article
Technology is key amid a volatile market, regulatory and accounting changes: Clearwater’s Wenzhe Sheng
30th April 2024
As Clearwater Analytics works towards revolutionising the world of investing, we spoke with Senior Product Manager for EMEA Prudential Regulations, Wenzhe Sheng, about regulatory and technology trends in the insurance industry amid a volatile investment market environment. Founded in 2004, Clearwater Analytics is a SaaS, full lifecycle investment management solution which ... Read the full article
The decision is in the data. How accounting is evolving in a Gen AI world
5th February 2024
In uncertain times, trustworthiness comes from accurate, actionable, and timely data. And data-driven insights can power a forward-looking approach to accounting, according to executives at BlackRock®. Especially for insurers, data is key, as it acts as the “raw material for competitive innovation, risk management, and decision-making power,” said Griff Norquist, U.S. ... Read the full article
Arrival of cyber catastrophe bonds a ‘pivotal step’: Moody’s RMS video interview
30th January 2024
The introduction of the first 144A cyber catastrophe bond transactions in the final quarter of last year was an important step in the development and advancement of the broader cyber risk transfer market, according to Damini Mago and Alice Woolley of Moody's RMS. The latest video interview in ... Read the full article
BlackRock’s Aladdin technology: Touching all aspects of an evolving investment ecosystem
12th September 2023
Unifying the investment management process on BlackRock’s technology platform, Aladdin promotes the creation of a surface for data to flow, enabling integration and data consistency for clients, according to David Schneid, General Manager of Aladdin Accounting. The platform combines sophisticated risk analytics with comprehensive portfolio management, trading, operations, ... Read the full article
Swiss Re happy with T&C evolution, expects hard market to sustain: CEO Mumenthaler
7th September 2023
Christian Mumenthaler, CEO of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, expects the hard market to sustain and is pleased with how terms and conditions (T&Cs) have evolved throughout 2023, and sees a huge need for reinsurers to become more profitable after a pretty difficult period for the industry. In ... Read the full article
Parametric insurance leaving the niche: Moody’s RMS & Swiss Re Corporate Solutions interview
29th June 2023
Helped by the capabilities of solutions such as Moody’s RMS’ HWind, parametric insurance is being leveraged more broadly to the benefit of the entire value chain, according to Callum Higgins, Moody’s RMS, and Martin Hotz, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. Our insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused sister publication, Artemis, Read the full article
Reinsurance tech adoption a mixed bag, but opportunity is huge: Webcast
5th November 2021
As the push for efficiency, digitalisation and innovation continues to gain traction in the global reinsurance industry, leaders and executives from across the risk transfer and technology sectors are optimistic about the future. Yesterday, we hosted a live webcast alongside sister publication Artemis, and in association with ... Read the full article
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