ILS capacity falls at April renewals due to outbreak
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Reinsurance broker Willis Re Inc. said that even though April reinsurance renewals saw significant rate increases, overall insurance-linked securities capacity declined slightly particularly for Japanese risks, Artemis reports. Some ILS funds showed a lesser appetite for Japanese catastrophe risks as the coronavirus outbreak drove investors to seek redemptions from these funds and caused the market to readjust accordingly around these renewals.
