Analysis

As the 2017 hurricane season continues to threaten more damage to the eastern United States, the Caribbean and elsewhere, Dr Tim Hall, Dr Richard...

THIS BLOG IS CLOSED AND INSURANCELINKED'S COVERAGE OF THE @)!& HURRICANE SEASON CONTINUES HERE.     The leaders...

This season has been eventful, to say the least. Even though we’re still reeling from Harvey and Irma, and we’re nowhere close to assessing the damage,...

Deteriorating market conditions have not put off investors who continue to pour money into ILS funds. The AUM of the largest ILS funds grew by...

It is now late enough in the year to get good readings on the two meteorological conditions that are known to correlate with hurricane activity....

The Florida peninsula is the most important market for property reinsurance in the world. Each summer, the third most populous state in the union...

The last 18 months has seen a surge in both funding and column inches devoted to InsurTech. Some incumbents have embraced the disruption while...

Michael Millette is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. Before that, he spent 21 years at Goldman Sachs...

In the second part his interview, Michael Millette discusses opportunities beyond natural catastrophe risk and how technology might change...

The data shows that institutional investors remain attracted to insurance-linked funds. Investors are looking for modest returns, larger allocations...

2016 saw higher losses and lower returns for reinsurance assets compared to 2015. As catastrophe bond yields fell, the resulting mark-to-market...

Reinsurance rates are at long term lows and have slipped again at the key January 1 renewal date. Following a stable period, new catastrophe bonds...

Two of the big stories in 2016 were Hurricane Matthew and the rapidly increasing interest in InsurTech. Nick Martin looks back at how close the...

The product warning that ‘past performance does not necessarily predict future results’ may be truer for insurance-linked funds than for any...

This is the second part of the article on the strategic choices made by insurance-linked funds. Click here to read part one. 5....

What premium should the owners of the Empire State Building pay for terrorism insurance in 2017? Insurers and reinsurers often need to quantify...

A quarterly review of reinsurance pricing metrics The third quarter is a slow month for trading reinsurance and, by itself, the thin...

InsuranceLinked and NASA's Tim Hall are following the latest developments of Hurricane Matthew. Over the next few days, we will be posting on...

NASA’s Dr Tim Hall gives his prognosis for the rest of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season and asks whether the frequency of hurricanes at the...

This week, insurance executives from around the world are hard at work in the Principality of Monaco. If you couldn't make the 60th 'Rendez Vous...

For most insurers and reinsurers, an AM Best rating is a requirement of doing business. The rating agency uses quantitative and qualitative models...

A new study by InsuranceLinked estimates that 38% of global ILS fund assets are managed by firms that are headquartered in Bermuda. Specialist...

Rate reductions have continued over the last 12 months, but the rate of rate reductions has also continued to reduce.  Four charts illustrate...

NASA's Dr Tim Hall has run his multi-factor model and read the tea leaves. In 2016, the  chance of landfalling hurricanes in the southern states...

June 1 is the inception date for most contracts in the bellwether Florida reinsurance market. Florida hurricane exposure is the most significant...

US ILW prices have held steady since the beginning of the year and secondary cat bond yields finished the quarter at a similar level to 12 months...

AXA recently bought 46% of microinsurance intermediary MicroEnsure. In this interview, MicroEnsure's CEO explains how a radical simplification...

Year-end earnings calls were full of a new piece of jargon over the last few weeks. "InsurTech" describes a rapidly evolving group of...

Eugene Gurenko is a Lead Insurance Specialist at the joint World Bank/IFC Finance and Markets Global Practice. He has worked at the World Bank...

Responsible investment strategies have experienced rapid growth in recent years. One report estimates that $6.6 trillion (18%) of US domiciled...

At last month’s World Economic Forum in Davos, many of the world’s most influential people (and Bono) spent the week discussing humanity’s...

Data from brokers shows that property reinsurance rates have continued to fall in 2016 but more slowly than in previous years. At the...

Last month, billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, noted that "unfortunately... the meltdown in high yield is just beginning". While junk bond yields...

A seasonal round-up of the big stories of 2015. Happy holidays. On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent...

When the National Hurricane Center publishes its 2015 end of season report, the contents will be more than academic for ILS investors. The...

The glut of reinsurance capital has disrupted parts of the industry, but the insurance industry as a whole continues to post strong results. Nick...

The first part of the interview is available here. Do you see the ILS sector branching out into new non-catastrophe risk areas? I...

In 2017, Bermuda will host the 35th America's cup. The build up to the oldest trophy in international sport is well underway and attracting a...

Guy Carpenter is a leading reinsurance broker with over 50 offices around the world. As Vice Chairman, David Priebe is responsible for advising...

In the second part of his interview, David Priebe discusses the how the reinsurance business is being affected by the rise of 'alternative' reinsurers...

Few reinsurance deals are negotiated in the third quarter, so pricing data is sparse. However, the data from the cat bond and ILW markets indicates...

Auto premiums account for close to half of global non-life insurance - but cars are about to get much, much safer. Electric cars will be safer...

This week, Monte Carlo isn’t filled with film stars or Formula One drivers but with reinsurance executives from around the world who have congregated...

It’s a business whose prospects have turned for the worse and there is not much we can do about it - Warren Buffett (May 2015) In...

The flurry of M&A activity in the insurance/reinsurance markets has created a windfall for savvy equity investors as acquirers pay control...

As the likelihood of Atlantic hurricanes builds to a peak on September 10, forecasts for the remainder of the year become increasingly skilful....

Computer hackers leak confidential information; destroy reputations and steal corporate secrets. But cyber attacks are increasingly able to interact...

Cyber cover is one of the few parts of the insurance market where demand often exceeds supply. As the insurance industry searches for ways to grow,...

The latest pricing data shows that falls in reinsurance rates are slowing. For some structures, returns have improved materially since the beginning...

It has been a busy few months for M&A in the reinsurance sector. Here are some of the deals that have been making headlines during the last...