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The big picture: the re/insurance industry in 2014 and beyond

EY talks with two leading figures from the Bermuda re/insurance sector about key developments affecting global players and the market.   14 April 2014

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Bigger and increasingly refined

The ILS market had a stonking year in 2013. Here, we talk to leading participants in the market and get their thoughts on the state of play and likely heading for the sector.   14 April 2014

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Cycle management: going through the gears

Managing the vagaries of the cycle is a challenge that has been exacerbated of late by changing market dynamics. Here we talk with Allied World and XL Group about how the two companies are navigating a course through new and uncertain seas.   14 April 2014

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A whole new world

Developments in the cat bond space have been picking up steam.Bermuda:Re asks industry experts what the future might look like.   14 April 2014

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Convergence investors allocations rose eight-fold in decade

Investments by non-industry investors into the re/insurance space increased 800 percent in a decade, according to figures from Goldman Sachs.   7 April 2014

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ILS could prove game-changer as discipline finally wanes

Despite a concerted effort to hold fast against competition from the convergence sector, underwriting discipline may be waning as levels of alternative capital intensify, a report from AM Best has found.   4 April 2014

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ILS characterised by greater propensity for litigation

The short-term focus of ILS investors suggests that there is greater potential for litigation over ILS contracts and wording than in the traditional catastrophe reinsurance sector.   3 April 2014

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Momentum apparent in the diversification of ILS

US deals continue to predominate in the cat bond space, but smaller cat bond lite deals and greater geographic diversity were apparent among those bonds issued during the first quarter of 2014.   2 April 2014

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Pension funds being pushed from the wheel by beta-seekers

Beta-seeking fixed income managers and mutual funds are driving pricing dynamics at the margins within the cat bond market, despite the deepening role of pension funds within the ILS space.   18 March 2014

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Tokio issues second Bermuda quake bond

Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance, the property and casualty subsidiary of Tokio Marine, has issued a $245 million Bermuda-based bond for Japanese earthquake risk.   18 March 2014

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