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Last year the hot topic was how the ILS market would respond to the challenge of reloading. But this year, the tables have turned.

Last year the hot topic was how the ILS market would respond to the challenge of reloading after the string of hurricanes. But this year, the tables have turned.

As insurers dodge curveballs from Irma claims, reinsurers are next up to face scrutiny

As Florida’s first hurricane in a decade, Irma was always going to throw a few curveballs to the insurance industry even if it wasn’t “the big one”.

As convergence market lines blur, Nephila has a range of options as it seeks new investors

So who might buy in next? That will be the question Nephila’s peers will be wondering as it emerged that the Bermudian is looking for new investors to buy into its management company.

By setting up its own rated vehicles, Credit Suisse has highlighted how converged the reinsurance market has become

Credit Suisse’s launch of Bermudian reinsurer Bernina Re shows a continued trend of major ILS managers developing in-house platforms that free up their reliance on fronting partners.

Is the ILS market the "class of 2008"?

The ILS market is often said to have destroyed the potential for there to ever be another "class of x" reinsurers, as there was in 1993 or 2001 or 2005, when a rush of start-ups followed major loss events. But ?maybe we could see the ILS market as a whole as the "class of 2008".

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