Perspectives

The 2012 Reinsurance Market: Changing Tides
01/01/2012  

Over the last twelve months, U.S. reinsurance programs with rate increases outnumbered those with decreases. In many areas, market minimum rates on line increased...More >>
 
 

November 1st Tropical Update
11/01/2011  

There are no organized systems today and water temperatures along most of the U.S. coastline are now below 80 degrees, as seen in the map below. So, while the official season...More >>
 
 

October 17 Tropical Weather Update
10/17/2011  

Atlantic sea-surface temperatures continue to cool, as eighty degree waters are now reduced to the coastlines south of Houston and Daytona Beach. Sea-surface temperatures north...More >>
 
 

October 3 Tropical Weather Update
10/03/2011  

There are presently two active storms in the Atlantic Ocean, Ophelia and Philippe, but neither poses a threat to U.S. exposures. Now past the peak of hurricane season, sea-surface...More >>
 
 

September 15 Cat Update
09/15/2011  

Tropical Storm Maria is located northwest of Bermuda and, while it is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane, it is not expected to make a U.S. landfall. There are no other organized...More >>
 
 

September 6 Cat Update
09/06/2011  

The United States has experienced an active hurricane year, as predicted. As of today, near the peak of hurricane season, the Atlantic basin has hosted 12 named storms and two hurricanes... More >>
 
 

Tropical Weather Update - Irene
08/25/2011  

Hurricane Irene is presently a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 115 mph on track for an East Coast landfall. The wide, slow-moving major hurricane is forecast to make... More >>
 
 

August 15 Cat Update
08/15/2011  

The Atlantic has been quite active over the last week, with as many as four organized low pressure systems at a time, although no hurricanes have developed yet in 2011. Current... More >>
 
 

August 1 Cat Update
08/01/2011  

With four named storms through July and a possible fifth imminent, 2011 is starting as an active year, as forecast. The most recent tropical storm, Don, dissipated off the Texas... More >>
 
 

July 15 Cat Update
07/15/2011  

Sea surface temperatures of eighty degrees now reach the southern border of Virginia with eighty-six degree temperatures along the Gulf Coast. The Bermuda High has taken on an eastern position... More >>
 
 

The Mid-Year 2011 Reinsurance Market: On "Uncertain" Ground
07/01/2011  

As recently as 2009, Holborn and other analysts reported that the industry had many billions more in capital than the level where reinsurers’ leverage ratios... More >>
 
 

July 1 Cat Update
07/01/2011  

Sea surface temperatures along much of the United States coastline and North Atlantic Ocean exceed the historical levels for July 1. Surface temperatures of eighty degrees now extend far along... More >>