Global insurance trends

ILS Fund Launches in Cayman Islands

AUM Asset Management Ltd. (“AUM Asset Management”), an independent investment management company that provides investment and fund solutions, asset management and advisory services to institutional investor and family office clients around the world, announces the […]

Insurance Regulation

Guernsey Finance Event Fast Approaching

Two world firsts in Guernsey’s insurance sector demonstrate how the island’s expertise and regulatory regime allow innovation to flourish while still meeting current international standards. Guernsey was the domicile of choice as Paratus Group launched […]

Emerging Risk

Catastrophe Bond Market Looks Healthy for 2021

Catastrophe bond issuance in 2020 reached a record-high, as the market saw over $11 billion of pure property cat bonds issued for the first time, according to a new report from Artemis.bm. Adding to this issuance, […]

Insurance Regulation

Guernsey Webinar on Governance Issues Offers Useful Insights

Guernsey’s insurance industry is working on a framework to develop a green kitemark for its insurance-linked securities (ILS) platforms to take a bigger stake in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Speaking at the We […]

Global insurance trends

New Report Looks at Reinsurance Market in 2020 & Beyond

The financial impact of a future global software failure could be so great that the (re)insurance industry is likely to require additional capacity from the capital markets. Since their birth in the 1990s, insurance-linked securities […]

Legal

Guernsey Regulator Update: ILS Cells & Rollover Rules Change

Guernsey has agreed to allow insurance-linked securities cells to benefit from rollover provisions, in a move which has been welcomed by the island’s thriving ILS sector. The regulator, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC), has […]