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• US property cat rates continue to fall

  04 June 2015

  But rate of decline is slowing, says Guy Carpenter

• Cat bonds prices fall in busy Q1

  25 April 2014

  Second quarter also set to break records

• New capital muscles into the reinsurance business

  12 July 2013

  Hedge funds, pension funds and wealth managers are among the newer investors reshaping the way that reinsurance operates and prices risk. These non-traditional investors like the returns available and the lack of correlation with other capital markets. But do they fully appreciate the risks? Sarfraz Thind reports

• Cat bonds move from "sideshow to main tent"

  20 May 2013

  Issuance totalled $1.6bn in Q1 2013, says WCMA

• Cat bond returns have doubled over 12 months

  18 April 2013

  Slow start to first quarter but activity picked up in February, says Aon Benfield

• Cat bonds raised $5.9bn capital in 2012

  09 January 2013

  Second only to 2007, when $7bn came to market