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ABIR to address Bermuda's future in 25th anniversary leadership forum

The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) is bringing together distinguished past leaders with current chief executives of Bermuda's global insurance market in a leadership forum to market ABIR's 25th anniversary this summer.   4 April 2018

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Essent closes ILS deal via Radnor Re

Essent Group has closed a $424.4 million reinsurance transaction and related mortgage insurance-linked notes offering.   27 March 2018

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How ILS can rise up to global terror risk

Fomenting a reinsurance revolution isn’t easy. Everyone wants change, but what that means is as varied as the people calling for it. So, when there’s a sign of consensus, immediate action is always best, writes Tom Johansmeyer of PCS, Verisk Insurance Solutions.   9 March 2018

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Alphacat renews Terra Brasis Re partnership with cat bond

Validus Holdings subsidiary AlphaCat Managers and Brazilian based reinsurer Terra Brasis Resseguros have completed a $5 million private catastrophe bond transaction.   6 March 2018

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Hiscox Re ILS gets new portfolio manager

Hiscox’s insurance linked securities (ILS) asset management arm Hiscox Re Insurance Linked Strategies has appointed Dr Ben Fox to its Bermuda-based ILS investment team as portfolio manager.   2 March 2018

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MultiStrat highlights CLS business as it expands offering

Bermuda-based total-return reinsurer and servicing company MultiStrat has completed another casualty linked security (CLS) transaction of high frequency low-severity casualty business, as it expands its CLS offering.   15 February 2018

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ILS increasingly trusted claims new survey

Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) are increasing trusted and being invested in by institutional asset owners who would remain invested even after a major hurricane, claims a new survey.   31 January 2018

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Validus bought up by AIG

Validus Holdings is to be bought up by American International Group (AIG) for a total of $5.56 billion, in the first such M&A deal in the market in 2018.   22 January 2018

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Appleby highlights ILS involvement

Legal company Appleby has announced that it played a part in the majority of transactions involving insurance-linked securities (ILS) during 2017.   16 January 2018

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Sequant Re to liquidate after struggling to raise funds

Bermuda-based Sequant Re Holdings, the collateralized reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments start-up, will be liquidated after the vehicle struggled to raise enough funds.   9 January 2018

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