While nearly all of industry losses from hurricane Helene are expected to fall below primary insurers reinsurance attachment points, any that do flow to reinsurers should give you the chance…
U.S. Treasuries sold off Friday after payrolls got here in much hotter than expected, leading economists and traders to pare back rate cut expectations. The municipal market couldn’t ignore the…
Investment manager Amundi US has continued to draw capital to its most recently launched dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy, because the Pioneer CAT Bond Fund has now reached $426…
Municipals faced some pressure Thursday as U.S. Treasuries saw losses amid geopolitical uncertainty and mixed macroeconomic data ahead of Friday’s payrolls figure while equities were off near the close. The…
Aon has announced a key change in its insurance-linked securities (ILS) and investment banking business leadership, as Richard Pennay has been named the brand new CEO of Aon Securities and…
Municipals were a touch softer Wednesday, but outperformed U.S. Treasury weakness as investors focused on the first market with several large new-issues pricing to solid demand. Equities were within the…
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (Liberty Mutual Re) has again partnered with seismic sensor tech-provider Safehub to offer what they’re calling the primary sensor-based parametric earthquake insurance cover in the US, with…
Investment manager Twelve Capital has issued an updated event report related to hurricane Helene’s impacts, saying that it still believes direct losses to per-occurrence catastrophe bonds are unlikely, but in…
Arguably, the most important story within the fixed income sector over the past yr or so has been the Federal Reserve and its monetary policy. Nothing has driven bond prices,…
Catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) market activity was more muted within the third-quarter of 2024, however the $573 million of latest risk capital issued still helped the market…