Insurance-Linked & Specialty: archive
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AM Best affirms Kenya Re at B as 2025 combined ratio hits 110.6%
The stable outlook rests on balance-sheet strength AM Best calls very strong, while the Kenyan reinsurer's risk-management capabilities are rated weak.
777 Partners cofounder Josh Wander pleads guilty to $500m fraud
Sentencing is March 1; Bermuda's regulator had ordered 777 Re to shed affiliated assets.
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Universal's ceded premium ratio falls to 27.6% on new program
Net income rose 31.8% to $52.5 million; combined ratio improved to 91.0% from 96.4%.
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More than 20 states pass litigation funding disclosure laws
The Insurance Information Institute brief says a uniform disclosure request may be considered at the committee's Oct. 21 meeting.
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New cat bond spreads fall to 2.4 times modeled loss
Expected loss rose even as spreads fell, shifting due diligence to the models behind each bond.
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Marsh reinsurance revenue falls 6% to $374 million
Group revenue rose 8% to $6.9 billion and consulting grew 9%; the release did not explain the reinsurance decline.
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AM Best to host Oct. 28 ILS briefing
Quentin Perrot of GC Securities, Michael Stahel of LGT ILS Partners and Lorenzo Volpi of Leadenhall join the panel.