Industry Segments: Cat Bond Page 2 / 4
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- June 8 2022
Hong Kong’s ILS grant scheme gets the thumbs up
Peak Re's US$150m ILS bond is the first to use the incentive structure.
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- April 19 2022
Asian ILS off to a slow start in 2022
After a record 2021, issuance of insurance-linked securities totalled just US$262m in Q1.
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- February 10 2022
Hong Kong’s ILS market held back by low P&C penetration
Expect more deals - eventually. It will just take time, say experts.
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- January 27 2022
India seeks cat bond framework
(Re)insurers looking to capitalise will likely need to be based in the Gift financial hub.
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- January 26 2022
Typhoon Rai triggers US$52.5m cat bond payout for Philippines
Following a wind metric, another calculation for the World Bank instrument will look at precipitation.
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- January 24 2022
World Bank hands US$8m cat payout to Tonga
A one-in-one-thousand year event has triggered an emergency resilience option.
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- December 23 2021
Asia ILS posts record year
2021 saw more deals, more capital raised and more domiciles than ever before.
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- December 22 2021
Munich Re, WTW’s sovereign debt ‘cat wrapper’ a model for SE Asia
The demand for similar style debt protection in the region is likely to grow.
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- November 1 2021
Reinsurers turn to cat bonds for growth
China Re’s Greater Bay Re represents a growing third-party capital trend.
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- October 28 2021
Parima 2021: Institutional capital an alternative to traditional capacity
Aon's new Asia CEO cites ability of pension funds and sovereign wealth funds to provide the market with different options.
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- October 5 2021
China Re fires starting gun on Hong Kong ILS
The reinsurer is seeking retrocession cover for typhoon-related risk in the Greater Bay Area.
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- September 28 2021
CBIRC wants mainland insurers to use HK as cat bond hub — report
The move comes soon after China’s Henan province saw devastating flooding in July.
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- September 24 2021
Asia’s ILS market ‘not growing as fast as one would hope’
Fitch’s head of ILS says the market needs more issuance from the region.
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- August 11 2021
Asia’s cat bond market set for record year
More than US$1.5bn of cover provided as issuance increases 68% on 2020.
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- July 5 2021
Why Hong Kong will beat Singapore in ILS race
Chinese risks have an obvious home in the Special Administrative Region.
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- April 9 2021
Bank of Korea weighs in on cat bond reform
Central bank officials warn climate change requires a new approach after last year's record rainy season.
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- January 17 2021
Climate, pandemic and social inflation drove 1:1 increases: Fitch
The upward pressure on prices was tempered somewhat by an abundance of capital.
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- January 12 2021
Cat bonds hit US$10.8bn ‘record’ in 2020: Guy Carpenter
MS Amlin's US$42m ILS raise in Singapore closed out a strong year.
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- December 10 2020
Philippines to relaunch state reinsurance scheme in 2021
The state-run programme has failed to gain traction since its initial launch in 2019.
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- December 1 2020
ILS resilience promises big returns in 2021
Constrained (re)insurance capacity and rate improvement are attracting ILS capital.
