In an earlier article, I did an over-simplified discussion of how a local public bank would interact with municipal bond issuance. There was some ambiguities that I…
A majority of U.S. treasury rates increased for the third consecutive week. The 30-year treasury rate had an increase of 0.06%. The 10-year treasury rate had an…
USAA is adding a retained quota share layer to the stated reinsurance for some of its annual aggregate Residential Re catastrophe bonds for their next loss occurrence…
I am about to write another article for publication tomorrow (I hope), but just wanted to express my dismay about the situation in the Gulf.We appear to…
A majority of U.S. treasury rates increased this week. The 30-year treasury rate had an increase of 0.13%. The 10-year treasury rate had an increase of 0.13%…
US insurer Allstate has announced an estimated pre-tax catastrophe loss burden for the month of February 2026 of $140 million, which has lifted the total for the…
The main reason to be pessimistic about the war between Iran versus the United States and Israel is the lack of path towards peace. The United States…
With the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) latest loss estimate for 2024’s hurricane Helene understood to be standing higher than the attachment levels for a number of…