LA wildfires trigger cat bond market’s first-ever negative January return: Icosa – Go Health Pro

LA wildfires trigger cat bond market’s first-ever negative January return: Icosa – Go Health Pro

Recent estimates suggest that insured losses from the Los Angeles, California wildfires could be higher than anticipated. As a result, catastrophe bond prices are showing signs of weakness, with the market’s benchmark recording its first-ever negative January return since its inception over two decades ago, according to cat bond fund manager Icosa Investments AG.With a … Read more

Fitch Revises Mercury’s Outlook to Negative on More Possible LA Fire-Size Cats; Affirms Ratings – Go Health Pro

Fitch Revises Mercury’s Outlook to Negative on More Possible LA Fire-Size Cats; Affirms Ratings – Go Health Pro

Fitch Ratings said in an outlook revision that it expects Mercury General Corp.’s credit profile will withstand the impact of the Eaton and Palisades fires near Los Angeles, but the agency also gave a negative outlook that reflects “the potential for credit deterioration and financial pressure from a third large catastrophe event or an aggregation … Read more

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