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Willis taps Asia head
Willis Capital Markets & Advisory has appointed Michael Guo as md and head of Asia. Based in...
Job Swaps 21 May 2013 -
Reinsurance duo to lead capital markets push
AQR Re has expanded its presence in Bermuda with the hires of John Lummis as ceo and Paul Karon as v...
Job Swaps 15 May 2013 -
Capital markets group targets catastrophe risk
Bermuda-based Sirius International Group has formed a dedicated team to lead its strategic initiativ...
Job Swaps 15 May 2013 -
Cat bonds set for record issuance
US$520m of catastrophe bond issuance was offset by US$352.5m of maturities in 1Q13, resulting in an...
News Round-up 9 May 2013 -
PERILS coverage enhanced
PERILS has extended its market coverage to include Italy, providing data for both earthquake and flo...
News Round-up 7 May 2013 -
Insurer adds two to capital markets team
Aon Benfield Securities has boosted its capital markets capabilities by adding Robert James and Mich...
Job Swaps 7 May 2013 -
Bermuda cat firm adds PM
Bermuda-based Pillar Capital Holdings has added Jeff Franklin as svp and portfolio manager. He repor...
Job Swaps 1 May 2013 -
GC adds reinsurance pro
Guy Carpenter has appointed Stephen Mathews as md of GC Securities. He is based in New York and repo...
Job Swaps 29 April 2013 -
Third-party capital boosts convergence market
The emergence of third-party capital vehicles designed to provide investors with direct access to in...
News Round-up 23 April 2013 -
Positive outlook for cat bonds
The opening quarter of 2013 showed growth of over 2% on the ILS index, according to a new Clear Path...
News Round-up 22 April 2013 -
Cat bond momentum to continue
Aon Benfield All Bond index investment returns for the annual period ending 31 March reached 12.69%....
News Round-up 19 April 2013 -
Reinsurer builds capital markets team
Aspen Reinsurance has appointed Brian Tobben as md of its newly-created Aspen Capital Markets divisi...
Job Swaps 17 April 2013 -
Asset manager makes ILS foray
Schroders has purchased 30% of the share capital of Secquaero Advisors, an ILS investment management...
Job Swaps 17 April 2013 -
Insurer mints sidecar
ACE has established a US$95m sidecar, Altair Re, to provide additional collateralised capacity for i...
News Round-up 16 April 2013 -
Turkish quake risk on offer
Bosphorus 1 Re series 2013-1, a parametric catastrophe bond, has hit the market. Sponsored by the Tu...
News Round-up 5 April 2013 -
Cat bond pro moves on
Bill Keogh has joined insurance broker TigerRisk Partners in Stamford, Connecticut, reporting to Jay...
Job Swaps 27 March 2013