HVRRY News and Press, Hannover Rueckversicherung SE ADR From 07/11/19

Alternative capital in the reinsurance market shrank by around 4% during the first quarter of 2019, largely driven by the payment of losses in the collateralized reinsurance space as well as some investor redemptions, according to Aon. It's the first period where alternative capital deployed...

The steady rise in interest rates of instruments such as U.S. Treasuries, that are typically used as collateral for insurance-linked securities ((ILS)) and collateralized reinsurance investments, have now served to boost returns for ILS investors in 2019. U.S. Treasuries have seen their inte...

Reinsurance giant Munich Re (MURGY) aims to keep a 10% share of the growing global cyber marketplace and says that alternative sources of capital are not impinging on the cyber sector, with little competition seen from ILS market sources. Much has been made of the potential for the insurance...

As reinsurance companies of the world hold their ground and push through increased rates for their products, as seen at recent renewals in Florida and beyond, insurers and protection buyers may increasingly look to find more cost-effective options raising interest in ILS, according to A.M. Bes...

The global reinsurance sector remains very well-capitalised as the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season begins and this is despite the fact the insurance-linked securities ((ILS)) market did not attract significant fresh inflows, according to Moody's. The rating agency said that it believes the ...

Bermuda headquartered, hedge fund backed reinsurance firm Third Point Re (TPRE) is pivoting further away from the longer-tailed underwriting, more active investment approach of its original strategy, as it embraces catastrophe risk once again. As one of the main proponents of the total retur...

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector can play a greater and more meaningful role in Asia, but to drive success, the market needs to develop solutions for Asia that are less U.S. shaped, according to Chris Kershaw, Managing Director of Global Markets, at reinsurer Peak Re. The ILS and...

Outbreaks or severe and convective weather in the United States, including large hail, tornadoes and thunderstorms, are set to drive well over a billion dollars of losses to the insurance and reinsurance sector, according to Aon. More than 250 tornadoes touched down in the U.S. in April 2019...

The industry loss warranty ((ILW)) market offers an attractive investment opportunity at this point in time, as market dynamics have reduced available capacity, meaning fewer coverage providers exist right now and ILW returns are on the rise. Those ILS markets for which ILWs and other index-...

Despite an overall slower level of issuance of non-life catastrophe bonds in the first quarter of this year, broker Willis Re notes that yields are on the rise as investors and ILS funds demand higher returns after recent losses. There was only just slightly over $1.1 billion of 144a non-lif...