September 2009/1

The longevity swap market is “poised to grow” to £5-10bn in several years, after the latest £1.9bn transaction between UK insurer RSA and Goldman Sachs took the value of longevity reserve

The index-based hurricane risk hedge transacted between US utility firm NRG Energy and insurance broker Willis in early September underlines the energy sector’s potential in the development of

Interdealer Tradition Re is partnering with Lloyd’s broker Alwen Hough Johnson (AHJ) to access the Lloyd’s and London markets for specialised retro products, including industry loss warra

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector produced returns of 3.89 percent for the year to end-June 2009, down from 10.12 percent the previous year, according to Aon Benfield cat bond indices. In

The influential International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is producing common standards and guidance relating to the supervision of (re)insurance risk transfer to the capital markets.

A further surge in recession-related credit losses has prompted Standard & Poor’s (S&P) to downgrade the notes of Crystal Credit – Swiss Re’s EUR252mn credit reinsurance securitisat

Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded two tranches of notes on Brit Insurance’s 2007 cat swap deal, Fremantle Ltd, as the likelihood of a loss diminishes while the transac

Moody's Investors Service is keeping a $67.5mn tranche of the 2008 Nelson Re cat bond from private equity-backed Swiss reinsurer Glacier Re under review for possible downgrade. The agency said that t

Swiss Re is close to launching a fourth extreme mortality bond in its Vita series, spurred by a deepening of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, Trading Risk understands. Although the target size of Vita IV

Leading ILS investor Clariden Leu is seeking to use the securitisation power of its Swiss bank franchise to transform insurance risk into much-needed investments for its flagship Cat Bond Fund. The $

 The picture emerging from the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous this September was of a healthy but fragmented reinsurance market, with adequate capacity dampening expectations of rating improvements in 2010.

Bermudian mutual insurer Oil Casualty Insurance Co (OCIL) has repurchased $7,012,000 of the Class B notes of Avalon Re – its loss-stricken 2005 excess liability cat bond. The tender offer to no