QBE Insurance Group, the Australia headquartered global insurance and reinsurance company, is back in the catastrophe bond market for the first time since 2013, with a target to secure $250 million or more in retrocession from a Bridge Street Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.QBE was last in the catastrophe bond market in … Read more
Speaking at a Fitch Ratings event on the development of insurance-linked securities (ILS) in Brazil, Rodrigo Botti, former CFO of IRB and former CEO of Terra Brasis, emphasised a domestic market-first approach, with no intention of competing with other established ILS hubs.According to Botti, the ILS approach taken by Brazil focuses on aligning regulations with … Read more
NORTHBROOK, Ill., November 21, 2024 – The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) today announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of October of $286 million or $226 million, after-tax, including $102 million, pre-tax, from Hurricane Milton and unfavorable reserve reestimates of $144 million, pre-tax, related to Hurricane Helene, primarily in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. … Read more
On a relative basis, catastrophe bonds have rarely presented a more compelling investment opportunity than today, as despite spreads having tightened somewhat the cat bond asset class diversification offering can be at its strongest when other assets like equities are overvalued, fund manager Icosa Investments has said.Previously, the investment manager has explained that with catastrophe … Read more
While industry losses from hurricane Milton may not be as high as had initially been feared, the storm’s impacts in Florida are still expected to be a loss in the tens of billions of dollars, and alongside loss experience in the sector to-date this can still drive property catastrophe reinsurance rates higher at the January … Read more
