Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund, backed by Bermuda-based, Montpelier Re and listed on the London and Bermuda stock exchanges, announced this week that it has deployed 58 percent of its fund capacity. 17 January 2013
Everest Re announced on Friday the formation of Bermuda-domiciled special purpose reinsurer, Mt. Logan Re, through which it will extend global collateralised property cat capacity to the market. 17 January 2013
It seems that sidecars are back in vogue in the Bermuda market, with Alterra, Argo, Lancashire, RenaissanceRe and Validus all launching or ramping up sidecars in recent weeks. 13 January 2013
Argo is the latest re/insurer to enter the sidecar space, announcing on Monday the establishment of the group’s first sidecar, Harambee Re 2013-1. 10 January 2013
In its annual renewals review—this year entitled The route of profitable growth—Guy Carpenter highlighted capital management as one of the key means to drive growth in the re/insurance market. 10 January 2013
Collateralised reinsurance has proved to be an increasingly attractive proposition. We explore its implications with Tokio Millennium Re’s Edwin Jordan and Tokio Solution Management’s Kathleen Faries. 1 November 2012
The creation of an investable index that understands the nuances of the market looks set to act as a further spur to growth of ILS. Stefan Kräuchi and Aljosa Bilic detail the steps taken to make an investable index for ILS. 1 November 2012
We discuss the development of the investment environment for insurance-linked securities with Kathleen Faries and Edwin Jordan at Tokio Millennium—with the two providing perspectives from an ILS market specialist. 1 October 2012
Developments in indices and trigger types have helped to encourage growth in non- peak insurance-linked securities issuance, while creating greater transparency for investors, as Martin Bisping explains. 1 October 2012
