The recently announced consultation on reforming the United Kingdom’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) risk transfer regulations is more likely to result in activity being taken by the UK that would have been booked in other jurisdictions, than to generate net-new ILS business, commentary from Fitch Ratings states. Fitch has commented on
A recent paper authored by Kensuke Molnar-Tanaka, OECD Development Centre and Yang-Che Wu, Feng Chia University explores how the issuance of multi-country catastrophe bonds can enhance disaster cost management in Southeast Asia. The study, titled “Disaster risk-sharing pools and multi-country catastrophe bonds in Southeast Asia” highlights how many countries across Southeast Asia
In a recent report on the threat flood disasters pose to the Netherlands as a country particularly vulnerable to climate risks, KPMG highlights the potential for catastrophe bonds to be an instrument that can help in maintaining the insurability of climate risks in an increasingly challenging environment. The KPMG researchers
Legislation that calls for a Federal Catastrophe Reinsurance Program to be established has been resurrected in the United States Senate, with more support this time around and still a section of the INSURE Act highlighting the importance of capital markets alternatives to reinsurance, such as catastrophe bonds. The INSURE Act,
Flood Re, the state-backed flood reinsurance pool in the United Kingdom, saw its entry to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market with its debut catastrophe bond this year as key for it to “respond to the consequences of global climate risks” as it grapples with rising risks. Flood Re sees itself
The Government of the United Kingdom has confirmed new authorisation targets for new insurance special purpose vehicle (ISPV) applications, as well as a 10-day target for certain insurance-linked securities (ILS) arrangements, while also launching a new consultation on a more flexible and extended risk transformation regime. As we reported back in
In the wake of a consultation on the creation of a captive regime in the UK, the UK Government, working closely with the financial regulators, has announced that it intends to proceed with the introduction of a new UK captive insurance framework. The government’s view is that a new captive
As climate-driven disasters continue to intensify globally, insurance-linked securities (ILS) are being positioned not only as a source of uncorrelated returns but as essential social infrastructure, according to Gareth Abley and Jehan Sukhla, Co-Heads of Alternatives at MLC Asset Management. In a report authored by Abley and Sukhla, the pair
Supercede, the reinsurance technology platform, has introduced a new feature that automates the production of Lloyd’s Syndicate Reinsurance Structure (SRS) returns. The feature was developed following Supercede’s involvement in Cohort 14 of the Lloyd’s Lab Accelerator, which included a focus on enhancing reinsurance workflows for the Lloyd’s market. Addressing a