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• Pension Insurance Corporation helps charity hedge pensioner longevity risk

  
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  Pension Insurance Corporation, a UK-based specialist provider of insurance solutions for defined benefit pension funds, has announced the completion of a pension buy-in transaction for UK children’s charity the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). The transaction protects the NSPCC ...
  4 days ago

• Willis seeks to grow re/insurance capital markets activity in Asia with new hire

  
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  Global insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Group is seeking to increase its activity in the Asia regions capital market and investment banking focused segment of the re/insurance markets with the announcement of a new hire to its Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) division. Effective immediately, Michael ...
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• Residential Re 2013 grows to $300m, price guidance drops

  
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  U.S. primary insurer and military focused mutual insurer USAA has become the latest cat bond sponsor to see its new transaction increase in size and pricing expectations for the deal drop due to demand from investors. Residential Reinsurance 2013 Ltd. (Series 2013-1) is the 20th cat bond USAA has sponsored under the ...
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• New inflows and return of generalist investors aiding ILS market growth

  
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  The latest quarterly insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond market report from Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) was published late last week. The ILS market report looks at the issued and marketed deals which launched in the first-quarter of this year and discusses some of the emerging trends ...
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• RenaissanceRe securitizes risk into cat bond form for investor counterparty

  
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  Bermuda based reinsurer RenaissanceRe has shown its willingness to be flexible and meet investors needs in the management and deployment of third-party reinsurance capital. The reinsurer has recently used securitization as a tool for managing third-party capital and meeting investors needs for the first time and has ...
  2 weeks ago

• $52m new Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund shares list on LSE & BSX

  
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  After successfully closing its latest fundraising placement of new shares netting its flagship reinsurance-linked investment fund an additional $52m, Blue Capital Management , the third-party capital management arm of Bermuda based reinsurer Montpelier Re, has now had the new shares in its Blue Capital Global ...
  2 weeks ago

• Residential Re 2013 launches, USAA’s first catastrophe bond of the year

  
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  U.S. primary insurer USAA, the most prolific of catastrophe bond sponsors in the primary insurer category, has launched its 20th cat bond transaction today according to sources.  Residential Reinsurance 2013 Ltd. (Series 2013-1) is the 20th entry of a USAA sponsored cat bond in our Deal Directory . In total the ...
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• Mercury Capital opens first index tracking catastrophe investment fund to external investors

  
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  Bermuda based insurance-linked securities and industry loss warranty investment manager Mercury Capital has announced that it is opening up an innovative new ILS investment fund to external investors for the first time. The Mercury iCRIX Tracker Fund is the first index-tracking catastrophe risk investment fund, ...
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• Roundtable: Examining the drivers behind recent ILS transactions and how the sector is evolving

  
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  Research firm Clear Path Analysis kindly asked Artemis’ editor Steve Evans to moderate a round-table discussion for its most recent report, Insurance-Linked Securities for Institutional Investors 2013. The report which we covered in more detail here looks at the insurance-linked securities, catastrophe bonds and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Third Point Reinsurer To Go Public

  
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  Third Point hopes to raise about $250 million in an initial public offering of its reinsurance arm. read more
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• Third Point Re IPO preparations underway, according to reports

  
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  Bermuda based hedge fund backed reinsurer Third Point Re , has hit the news in recent days as speculation mounts about a forthcoming initial public offering (IPO). The reinsurer, backed by Dan Loeb’s Third Point LLC hedge fund, institutional investors and contributions from partners such as insurer Hiscox , ...
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• PERILS adds Italian market loss data, could facilitate Italy earthquake catastrophe bonds

  
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  An announcement this morning from Zurich based PERILS AG , an independent provider of industry-wide European catastrophe insurance data and loss indices, suggests that it may not be too much longer before we see a catastrophe bond featuring Italian earthquake risk. The catastrophe insurance data provider has extended ...
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• AlphaCat ILS operations ‘well ahead of the curve’: Validus CEO

  
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  Bermuda headquartered insurance, reinsurance, insurance-linked securities and third-party reinsurance capital management group Validus Holdings recently announced its first-quarter earnings and announced the net income contribution from its AlphaCat ILS operations as $17.4m for the quarter. On its earnings call ...
  2 weeks ago

• Best of Artemis, week ending 5th May 2013

  
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  It’s been another busy week in the alternative reinsurance capital, risk transfer and insurance-linked securities market, with 24 new stories published on Artemis in the last seven days. As always, you can read every market news story and article here on the Artemis news blog, subscribe to our weekly email ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chart: Estimated Reinsurance Premium (Including Life) Growth by Region

  
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  While reinsurance premiums remained broadly stable in the established markets of the United States, Canada and Western Europe between 2007 and 2011, strong growth has been recorded in emerging market... Continue reading...
  3 weeks ago

• Stephen C. Mathews Joins GC Securities*

  
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  Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the leading global risk and reinsurance specialist, today announced that Stephen C. Mathews has been appointed Managing Director of GC Securities*, effective... Continue reading...
  3 weeks ago

• Blue Capital contributes $14.6m to Montpelier Re Q1 premiums

  
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  Bermuda reinsurer Montpelier Re announced its Q1 2013 financial results today and revealed the contribution that its Blue Capital Management third-party reinsurance capital and reinsurance-linked fund management arm has made to its premiums written for the quarter. Blue Capital accounted for $14.6m of added ...
  4 weeks ago

• Kane launches life, pensions, investment and fund administration arm in Bermuda

  
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  Global independent insurance manager Kane , a leading provider of Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) and Life, Pension and Investment (LPI) administration services, has announced the establishment of a new subsidiary in Bermuda, Kane LPI Solutions Limited. The new company is licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority ...
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• Hannover Re assumes £1 billion of longevity risk in two reinsurance transactions

  
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  German reinsurer Hannover Re has completed two block reinsurance transactions for longevity risks in the UK which between them will see the reinsurer assume around £1 billion worth of pension plan longevity risks. This brings the total amount of longevity risk assumed by the reinsurer in 2013 to around £3 billion ...
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• ILS and reinsurance funds expect no China earthquake impact

  
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  The large earthquake which struck China’s Sichuan province on the 20th of April will not result in any impact to insurance-linked securities (ILS) or collateralized reinsurance investment funds, according to the fund managers we’ve heard from. Despite causing widespread damage, killing at least 200 people and ...
  4 weeks ago

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