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• After $1 billion of cat bonds, Citizens CFO to return to private sector

  
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  After a six-year term as Chief Financial Officer of Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance, during which time Florida’s windstorm insurer of last resort has embraced the private risk transfer and reinsurance markets leaving it in the best financial shape in its history, Sharon Binnun is to return to the private ...
  21 hours ago

• Tramline Re II cat bond price guidance narrows while marketing

  
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  Insurance and reinsurance group Amlin Plc’s second catastrophe bond transaction Tramline Re II Ltd. (Series 2013-1) has seen its price guidance narrow while the cat bond has been marketing. The transaction has only seen a very slight change in interest spread guidance, likely as it began marketing with a low ...
  23 hours ago

• Secondary catastrophe bond market becomes more balanced in May

  
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  The month of May saw the market for secondary positions in outstanding catastrophe bonds continue to see more liquidity, as issuance of new catastrophe bonds continued to be strong throughout the month and investors used the secondary cat bond market to rebalance portfolios allowing them to participate in the new ...
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• Best of Artemis, week ending 16th June 2013

  
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  The primary catastrophe bond market exploded back to life with four new transactions launching in the last week, read about all of them here . As always, you can read every market news story and article here on the Artemis news blog, subscribe to our weekly email newsletter updates and for your convenience here are ...
  2 days ago

• 11 $1 billion+ weather and climate events in the U.S. in 2012

  
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  The United States saw 11 weather and climate disaster events which each caused losses exceeding $1 billion in 2012, according to data from the NOAA. That makes 2012 the second most costly year in terms of economic damages since 1980, with a total of more than $110 billion of damages over the course of the year. The ...
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• Ibis Re II Ltd. 2013-1 catastrophe bond begins marketing for Assurant

  
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  U.S. specialty insurance group Assurant is returning to the catastrophe bond market for what will be its fourth issuance under an Ibis Re named issuer, we understand. The transaction,  Ibis Re II Ltd. (Series 2013-1) sees Assurant hoping to secure a multi-year source of fully-collateralized U.S. hurricane protection ...
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• Call of Duty: Ghosts fixés en 2023, la Campagne histoire détaillée

  
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  Call of Duty: Les fantômes ne positions Amérique en tant que superpuissance mondiale. Chaque Call of Duty entrée a chuté joueurs dans les masses d’une poignée de soldats partout dans le monde. Bien que chaque personnage a joué un rôle important, du côté américain de l’histoire fléchi muscles ...
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• Could ‘shadow insurance’ controversy bring Life back into ILS?

  
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  In the last few days the news has been awash with discussions of so-called ‘shadow insurance’, discussing the practices of life insurers in using captives and offshore vehicles as sources of reinsurance protection. A report published on Tuesday called out certain practices by life insurers as overly risky to both ...
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• More details on the Green Fields II Capital catastrophe bond from Groupama

  
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  We now have further details for you on the recently launched Green Fields II Capital Ltd. (Series 2013-1) catastrophe transaction. The Green Fields II Capital cat bond sees French insurer Groupama looking to utilise the capital markets to source an expanded and extended source of French windstorm reinsurance ...
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• Twelve Capital to manage Falcon Private Bank ILS funds

  
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  Swiss based specialist insurance and reinsurance-linked investment manager Twelve Capital has agreed a transaction with Falcon Private Bank, a boutique Swiss weather manager, which will see Twelve Capital take on the management of the Falcon insurance-linked securities (ILS) business and investment funds. The ...
  6 days ago

• Chart: Alternative Capacity as a Percentage of Global Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Limit

  
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  The increasing influence of alternative capacity is demonstrated by the chart below, which shows the growth of convergence capacity as a percentage of global property catastrophe limit from 2008 to... Continue reading...
  6 days ago

• New Wave of Super Bugs “Gram Negative” Bacteria Sweeping Around The UK: MRSA, C difficile, E coli, Klebsiella, etc… Is Penicillin The Cure!?!

  
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  UK raises alarm on deadly rise of superbugs Britain is to urge the G8 to take action against the spread of drug-resistant microbes as medical and veterinary experts warn that co-ordinated international action is needed to prevent soaring rates of potentially lethal infections turning into a public health ...
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• Cheaper ILS products to end golden era for property CAT margins: Numis

  
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  An analysts report from Numis Securities, which discusses softening property catastrophe reinsurance rates and the impact this is having on London market underwriters, suggests that the influence of capital market capacity and the availability of cheaper insurance-linked securities (ILS) products will end the golden ...
  6 days ago

• Catastrophe bond price returns continue slow slide

  
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  The price return of the secondary catastrophe bond market continues to slide slowly down from its recent peak now that supply and demand for outstanding catastrophe bond notes appears to have levelled off somewhat. A combination of returning seasonality and a levelling off of supply and demand dynamics has seen the ...
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• European floods could produce record losses in Germany: Fitch

  
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  Fitch Ratings has said in an update that it expects the recent European flooding, which hit Central Europe particularly hard, may cause insured losses of €3 billion in Germany alone. In the update published yesterday 11th June, Fitch said it expects the floods in Europe this year will be even more costly than the ...
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• New Queen Street VIII Re catastrophe bond includes Australian peril

  
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  Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurance company, is bringing another of its Queen Street catastrophe bond deals to market, according to our sources, in Queen Street VIII Re Limited .  The eighth Queen Street cat bond includes what is sure to be seen as a diversification opportunity of sorts for investors, some ...
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• Lawfirm Kramer Levin hires ILS experienced partner, Rabinowitz

  
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  Lawfirm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP  has announced a new hire to its insurance Practice Group today who brings with him a signficant amount of experience in insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond legal work. Daniel A. Rabinowitz joins the firm as a partner and will be based in Kramer Levin’s ...
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• Third-party capital not having a marked effect on commercial lines, yet

  
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  The influx of capital into the reinsurance market from third-party, capital market investor sources, may be impacting property catastrophe rates but is not yet having an impact on U.S. commercial line insurance renewals, according to the latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS) from Towers Watson. ...
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• Hes coming as Judge, Are You Ready?

  
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  by George Whitten, Editor of Worthy Devotions . Isaiah 51:5 My righteousness is near; My salvation is gone forth, and My arm [z’roah in Hebrew] shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on My arm [z’roah] they will trust. John 5:22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment ...
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• Groupama extends catastrophe bond cover with Green Fields II Capital deal

  
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  French insurance and banking group Groupama is seeking to extend the cover it receives from the capital markets through catastrophe bond issuances with a new transaction, Green Fields II Capital Ltd. (Series 2013-1) . The transaction will give the French insurer an expanded and extended source of French windstorm ...
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