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Twelve loses US-based representative Orloff

Twelve’s first and only employee in the US Alex Orloff will be returning to his consultancy Sybella Research.

Oxbridge Re licenses new sidecar

Golf reinsurer Oxbridge Re has licensed its new Oxbridge Re NS vehicle and issued a tranche of notes.

Twia buys $1.4bn reinsurance cover

The association cited the positive response to its handling of over 75,000 Hurricane Harvey claims last year.

Citizens delays 7.9% rate increase

The postponement will provide time for Citizens to assess policy changes that take aim at assignment-of-benefits abuses.

• AIG ceded reinsurance chief Stern to step down
• Credit Suisse ILS team launches Bernina Re
• Resilience Re issues $37mn private ILS deal
• Arch ILS assets up $100mn year on year
• Blue Capital reports 0.23% May return
• Klotzbach: Prospects for busy hurricane season ‘diminished’

Opinion

Is the ILS market the "class of 2008"?

Even ILS market participants sometimes seem disbelieving over how far catastrophe rates have fallen

How can reinsurance innovators avoid resistance to change?

These days, the waves of start-ups are both ebbing and flowing simultaneously

Analysis

Florida rate change disappoints reinsurers

Florida catastrophe reinsurance rates crept up by 1.2 percent on average at this year’s 1 June renewal, marking the first increase in seven years, according to JLT Re.

Stop-start ILS initiatives highlight challenges ahead

Recent developments in the sector have underscored the difficulties reinsurers are grappling with as they attempt to work ILS capital into their business model.

ILS market wary on lure of electronic trading

Is the industry ready to accept new attempts to create live trading platforms?

Lapse deals increase following Solvency II

Private lapse deals are on the rise in the ILS market, driven by Solvency II regulations which require life insurers to hold onto more capital for lapse risk, according to life ILS managers.

Supplements

Trading Risk Investor Guide to ILS

It was a rough 2017 for investors in insurance-linked securities (ILS), as hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria swept through the Atlantic. But 2018 has offered some uplift to yields from the sector, drawing new capital to the market.

Trading Risk Monte Carlo Roundtable 2017

For the first time in years, finding a subject to talk about was not a problem at the industry's annual gathering in Monte Carlo. Hurricane Irma was the topic on everyone's minds.