Highlighting the still wide-range of uncertainty in insurance market loss estimates after hurricane Milton, catastrophe bond investment manager Icosa Investments AG has noted that the cat bond market seems not to have discounted prices as widely to account for uncertainty this time.After hurricane Ian, the catastrophe bond market fell by roughly 10% in a sharp reaction to the potential for losses and great uncertainty over how impactful that storm event might have been.
In the end the market recovered the vast majority of that decline, with actual losses only a relatively small amount by comparison to the initial mark-to-market hit.
This time, as we’ve also been reporting, the...
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Health insurance plans each have their own rules, benefits and drawbacks. These can be tricky enough to work out when you're buying health insurance for just yourself, but when you're looking for a plan to provide employee benefits, a...
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...
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Many insurance carriers use third-party crime scores to evaluate their exposure to criminal risk when underwriting general liability insurance policies. At worst, a high crime score may preclude the owner of a multifamily housing complex from obtaining...
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