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German reinsurance company Hannover Re has again used its
German reinsurance company Hannover Re has again used its Bermuda-domiciled segregated accounts vehicle Kaith Re Ltd. to issue a CHF 70m ($71m) privat...

Paul Jardine, the Group COO of insurance and reinsurance business
Paul Jardine, the Group COO of insurance and reinsurance business Catlin Group, said that as the firm increasingly underwrites business against ILS an...

Mergers and acquisitions seem firmly in the reinsurance markets
Mergers and acquisitions seem firmly in the reinsurance markets future with excess capital, growing competition and the increasing availability of alt...

Estimates of the insured loss from Sunday mornings M6.0 earthquake
Estimates of the insured loss from Sunday mornings M6.0 earthquake which struck the South Napa, California area are rising, with the highest estimate ...

Tropical storm Cristobal, the third named storm of the 2014
Tropical storm Cristobal, the third named storm of the 2014 Atlantic Tropical Storm & Hurricane Season, has formed in the eastern Caribbean and weathe...

It’s not just hedge funds that are entering the insurance and
It’s not just hedge funds that are entering the insurance and reinsurance market in search of so-called long-term capital to put to work in their st...

With the mid-year reinsurance renewals only just behind us and
With the mid-year reinsurance renewals only just behind us and reports suggesting reinsurance rates were down anywhere from -5% to -20%, already peopl...