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Be like the banks: create an insurance Swift

From super low interest rates to rapid technological innovation, the re/insurance industry faces challenges on all sides. The time is right to create a real secondary market for insurance, Akinova’s Dennis Mahoney tells Bermuda:Re+ILS.   9 September 2020

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ILS Bermuda announces keynote speakers for Bermuda Convergence

Marshall Shepherd, Parag Khanna, and Shalini Vajjhala will be the keynote speakers at Bermuda Convergence 2020, which runs from October 6-8.   8 September 2020

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Arch MI issues its second mortgage ILN of 2020

Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (Arch MI), a subsidiary of Arch Capital, has obtained over $449 million of indemnity reinsurance on a pool representing approximately $32 billion of mortgages from Bellemeade Re 2020-2, a special purpose reinsurer.   4 September 2020

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Severe losses creating retro market dislocations: AM Best

The retrocession (retro) segment has been particularly badly affected by severe losses from catastrophe events in recent years, and the resulting trapped capital, according to a new report by AM Best.   27 August 2020

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ILS Capital Management completes the first ever securitisation of trapped capital

ILS Capital Management has completed a $57 million offering of 5.50 percent asset-backed notes, a securitisation of the residual value of trust accounts supporting reinsurance contracts, or trapped capital.   20 August 2020

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Aeolus Capital Management names Nicholas Jagoda as partner and portfolio manager

Nicholas Jagoda will join Aeolus Capital Management as a partner and portfolio manager once he has fulfilled his obligations with Elementum Advisors where he is currently a partner and portfolio manager.   19 August 2020

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ILS new issuance spreads widen by up to 30% due to COVID-19: Swiss Re

New issuance spread in the insurance linked securities (ILS) market widened by 20-30 percent due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest report on the ILS market by Swiss Re.   17 August 2020

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Elementum Advisors cultivates the next generation of leaders with a series of senior appointments

Elementum Advisors, the Chicago and Bermuda-based alternative investment manager specialising in collateralised natural event reinsurance, has hired Jeff Davis as senior vice president of investments.   13 August 2020

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Cat bond issuance already 20% higher than in 2019: Aon

Cat bond issuance was 20 percent higher in the first half of 2020 than in the whole of 2019, according to Aon Securities’ latest Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) report.   28 July 2020

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Oaktown Re IV provides $322m of ILS protection for National Mortgage insurance

Oaktown Re IV, a newly formed Bermuda special-purpose insurer, has issued 10-year mortgage insurance-linked notes to National Mortgage Insurance Corporation (NMIC), a US mortgage company.   28 July 2020

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