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More governments likely to use cat bonds
More government or state run insurance pools and organisations will turn to the use of catastrophe bonds this year as the cost of such deals gets ever closer to that of using traditional reinsurance.   30 January 2014
Insurance
Brazil faces growing terror threat in 2014
Brazil faces an increasing risk of terrorist attacks while the retail sector was the hardest part of the economy hit by such attacks last year, according to analysis by Aon Risk Solutions, which has released its annual Terrorism and Political Violence Map.   28 January 2014
Insurance
MedMal concludes new reinsurance treaty
MedMal Direct Insurance Company, an insurer that provides medical malpractice insurance directly to physicians in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, has agreed a new reinsurance treaty with a panel of international reinsurance companies.   21 January 2014
News
Mt. Logan Re surpasses funding target
Everest Re Group’s special purpose reinsurer, Mt. Logan Re, has surpassed its initial funding target of $250 million, bringing the total to £370 million.   13 January 2014
Insurance
Flood controls work; now build more
Flood control measures saved Europe from significant losses after the region faced this year’s costliest catastrophe. But there are still lessons to be learned and more must be done in other parts of the world, according to Munich Re.   10 January 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
SCOR establishes guaranteed equity line
French reinsurer SCOR has established a three-year contingent capital facility in the form of a guaranteed equity line with UBS providing it with €200 million coverage in case of extreme natural catastrophe or life events.   3 January 2014
Insurance
Asia Capital Re appoints CRO
Asia Capital Reinsurance Group (Asia Capital Re) has appointed Raymond Cheung as chief risk officer, to oversee and drive the company’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programme.   20 December 2013
News
Lack of hurricanes in 2013 will lower reinsurance prices
The quietest US Atlantic hurricane season in decades will lead to a low double-digit fall in related catastrophe reinsurance pricing in the key 2014 renewals, says Fitch Ratings.   3 December 2013
Insurance
Reinsurers could bear terrorism risk: Validus
The re/insurance markets could again take on elements of terrorism risk, according to Kean Driscoll, CEO of Validus Reinsurance. He said he disagrees with assertions previously made by the industry that terrorism cannot be priced.   20 November 2013
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$100bn more alternative capital to come
As much as another $100 billion in alternative capital could enter the reinsurance markets in the next five years with the affect this will have on the market being a question of how it is managed.   20 November 2013

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