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Beazley Closes on $300m Cat Bond Deal

The latest from Beazley for you; Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today announced it has closed its latest 144A cyber catastrophe bond which provides cover of $300 million. This builds on Beazley’s pioneering series of […]

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New Geneva Association Report looks at Cat Bond Risks

A new Geneva Association report, Catalysing Cyber Risk Transfer to Capital Markets: Catastrophe bonds and beyond, examines the role of alternative risk transfer (ART) mechanisms in addressing escalating cybersecurity risks.As businesses and societies become more digitalised, cyber […]

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The Green Transition Offers Risks, And Rewards, For All Insurance Brands

For insurers the Net Zero and Climate activism which has colonised much of modern political party & public sector policy in Europe, North America and Australasia offers a huge opportunity. New infrastructure, often featuring new […]

Insurance Brokers

Computershare Expands Support For Cat Bonds

Some news from Computershare who have expanded their support for Cat bonds; Computershare (ASX: CPU) has expanded its insurance-linked securities (ILS) products to support the catastrophe (‘cat’) bond market as trustee and paying agent. The […]

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SageSure and SureChoice Underwriters Close on Cat Bond Deal

The latest from SageSure, as a busy week gets even busier. SageSure, one of the largest managing general underwriters focused on catastrophe-exposed markets, and SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (“SURE”), a policyholder-owned reciprocal exchange, have announced […]

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Reinsurance Capital Capacity: New Sources Could Be Required

More capacity on reinsurance could be needed in the future and Bloomberg Intelligence has been doing some thinking about that. Here’s the word; Alternative-reinsurance vehicles, which compete with rated-reinsurers and thereby hurt pricing, could continue […]