As risks in the reinsurance world have grown more complex and investors are seeking greater yields, the 144a catastrophe bond market is on track for a record issuance year in 2021. In the first six months of the year, USD 7.9 billion in new bond issuance entered the market, via 27 unique transactions for 26 different sponsors. First-time sponsors include reinsurers, Florida ... Continue Reading »
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Guy Carpenter boosts capital markets capabilities with key appointment at GC Securities
Guy Carpenter announced today the appointment of Quentin Perrot as Managing Director, GC Securities, with immediate effect. In this role, Mr. Perrot will be responsible for the origination and structuring of insurance-linked securities, collateralized structures, and alternative capital, supporting clients from around the world including Bermuda, U.S. and Europe. Based in ... Continue Reading »
Chart: State of the 144A P&C Catastrophe Bond Market: 2008-2021YTD
In the first half of 2021, there was a total of USD 7.9 billion in new issuances – a 25 percent increase over the same period in 2020. The total outstanding risk capital increased by USD 2 billion (accounting for maturities) over 2020 levels. ... Continue Reading »
Chart: Catastrophe Bond Issuance and Capital Outstanding
Chart shows 144A P&C catastrophe issuance and capital outstanding for the years 2010 through year-end 2020, based on data from GC Securities’* proprietary database. ... Continue Reading »
Catastrophe Bond Activity: Market Hardening
There will continue to be upward momentum of rates in 2021, with particular volatility in the retrocession space, although how long these conditions last is uncertain, according to Des Potter, Managing Director, Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) Origination and Structuring at GC Securities*. ... Continue Reading »
Catastrophe Bond Activity: Looking Towards 2021
Catastrophe bonds are set to buck the trend elsewhere in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, with a strong issuance pipeline for the fourth quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021, according to Des Potter, Managing Director, ILS origination and structuring at GC Securities*. ... Continue Reading »
Video: Catastrophe Bonds in the Post-COVID Environment
Guy Carpenter recently participated in a series of videos with The Insurer, in which experts from throughout Guy Carpenter opine on different aspects of the contemporary risk landscape. ... Continue Reading »
Video: Catastrophe Bonds in the Post-COVID Environment
Guy Carpenter recently participated in a series of videos with The Insurer, in which experts from throughout Guy Carpenter opine on different aspects of the contemporary risk landscape. ... Continue Reading »
Structured Capital Partnerships: An Evolution of the P&C Reinsurance Business Model
Over the past two decades, alternative capital has grown to represent almost a quarter of the total reinsurance industry capital. Insurance-linked securities (ILS), sidecars and collateralized reinsurance continue to provide valuable capacity to (re)insurers, corporates, and public sector entities to efficiently manage capital and risk alongside traditional market solutions, ... Continue Reading »
Structured Capital Partnerships: An Evolution of the P&C Reinsurance Business Model – GC@MC Commentary
Over the past two decades, alternative capital has grown to represent almost a quarter of the total reinsurance industry capital. Insurance-linked securities (ILS), sidecars and collateralized reinsurance continue to provide valuable capacity to (re)insurers, corporates, and public sector entities to efficiently manage capital and risk alongside traditional market solutions, ... Continue Reading »
