Industry Segments: ILS Page 2 / 3
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- January 16 2023
MS Amlin secures US$45m capacity for Phoenix 3 Re
The special purpose reinsurance vehicle has secured more capacity than its two predecessors.
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- January 10 2023
Beazley issues first cyber cat bond
The bond is worth US$45m and will indemnify against all perils in excess of a US$300m event.
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- December 30 2022
PICC P&C issues US$32.5m Hong Kong-domiciled cat bond
The third ILS to be issued in the city offers coverage for China earthquake risks.
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- December 29 2022
Third Hong Kong ILS offering “in the pipeline”, says HKIA chairman
A new mainland reinsurer is in talks to sponsor a city-domiciled cat bond early next year, IAN can reveal.
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- December 8 2022
Opinion : Why blockchain failed to transform Asia’s (re)insurance sector
The revolution may yet come for areas such as ILS. It will take time and look very different to originally imagined.
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- November 17 2022
Ex-Aon Securities MD Shinji Yamamoto launches ILS boutique
He was head of capital markets and ILS divisions in Asia for the global broker, based in Japan.
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- November 1 2022
Blockchain holds promise of more efficient Asian ILS
The distributed ledger technology may help reduce inefficiencies in buying cat bonds.
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- September 30 2022
Nanmadol insured losses could hit US$6bn
Japanese cat bond issuers are under scrutiny as losses will likely attach some higher-risk reinsurance layers.
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- September 26 2022
Typhoon Noru threatens World Bank cat bond default: Plenum
Hundreds of hectares of rice fields and banana crops were destroyed in the Philippines, with the cyclone threatening Vietnam's coffee crop.
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- September 19 2022
Asian ILS market to thrive as investors seek diversification
Multiple deals in the pipeline with Singapore and Hong Kong continuing policy support for alternative markets.
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- September 14 2022
Insurers’ ESG reluctance holding back Asia greening agenda
Market players need to find better ways of underwriting new projects that they don't fully understand.
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- September 7 2022
Supply squeeze pushing up Asia nat cat treaty pricing
After TMK and Axis Re exits, hardening market drives cedants to alternatives such as ILS, parametric or structured solutions.
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- August 24 2022
ILS offering sizes shrink as funding dwindles
Rising interest rates, stronger dollar cast down the Asian cat bond market.
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- July 4 2022
Australia renewals much ‘tougher’ and ‘later’: Gallagher Re
The floods in NSW and Queensland contributed to price increases of up to 25%.
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- June 8 2022
Hong Kong’s ILS grant scheme gets the thumbs up
Peak Re's US$150m ILS bond is the first to use the incentive structure.
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- June 3 2022
Peak Re issues Hong Kong’s second cat bond, valued at US$150m
The bond is linked to typhoon risk in Japan and will help further develop Hong Kong's ILS market.
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- April 19 2022
Asian ILS off to a slow start in 2022
After a record 2021, issuance of insurance-linked securities totalled just US$262m in Q1.
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- April 12 2022
China: Lure of cross-border reinsurance grows on nat cat spike
Players - including Allianz Re, Swiss Re and Peak Re - set to benefit.
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- April 7 2022
RenaissanceRe launches global specialty joint venture
The JV called Fontana extends the reinsurer's ILS offering and could bolster its Asia presence.
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- March 15 2022
Senior China official calls for insurers to issue ILS in HK: report
Samuel Yung suggests the SAR and GBA develop a climate and disaster data sharing framework.
