Insurance-linked securities
Extreme mortality bond issuance predicted to expand as spreads tighten
Successful placement of SCOR bond indicates increased investor appetite for life risk
Cat bond ‘lite’ structures raise contamination risk and insolvency fears
Investors and lawyers voice concerns about using segregated accounts structure to issue streamlined cat bond instruments
ILS investors fuel collateralised reinsurance growth
Tailor-made
XXX financing market braced for increased captive scrutiny
Reserve financing using offshore captives is big business in the US. Yet what started as an innovative method of moving excessive reserve requirements off balance sheet has turned, in some regulators’ minds, into a dark art that puts policyholder…
Asia-based cat bond issuance unlikely
A catastrophe bond from an Asian-based issuer is unlikely in the near term due to the high cost relative to traditional reinsurance
Cat bond market poised to boom in 2013
Bond boom
Value of multi-peril cat bonds challenged
Combining uncorrelated perils does not necessarily make bond more attractive and presents valuation challenges, say bankers