China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), the financial industry regulatory agency under the State Council of the People’s Republic, is continuing to promote Hong Kong as a venue for insurers and reinsurers to sponsor catastrophe bonds.Speaking at a conference in Hong Kong this week, Li Yunze, the Chairman of the National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), explained China’s ambition to see more of its own insurance and reinsurance companies establishing international branch offices in Hong Kong.
He also highlighted ILS as a continued focus, asking re/insurers to look to the Special...
Lockton Re, the independent reinsurance broker is working with risk modelling and data analytics specialist Verisk to develop new index and parametric triggered risk...
Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. (Greenlight Re), the reinsurance firm headquartered in the Cayman Islands and affiliated with investment manager David Einhorn, is working to...
Global specialty insurance and reinsurance managing general agent Rokstone has announced a new partnership with parametric specialist NormanMax, that will see the MGA offering...
According to Fitch Ratings, the proposal from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to remove the requirement for reinsurance arrangements to have a reinstatement...
RenaissanceRe, the Bermudian global reinsurer, has lifted its third-party investor capital under management in reinsurance joint-ventures and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds managed by RenRe’s...
During the full-year 2023, the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) team at private markets focused investment manager Schroders Capital allocated over US $817...
KatRisk, the catastrophe risk modelling software provider and the third-party risk modelling agency for the NFIP’s FloodSmart Re catastrophe bonds, has been acquired by...
Non-life insurance premium growth may slow after this year, as the re-pricing of risk effect evens out. But, global reinsurer Swiss Re believes that...