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Alternative capital has influenced reinsurance market pricing

Posted On: Jan. 17, 2018 5:36 AM CST

U.K.-based Fitch Ratings Ltd. said that alternative capital has been responsible for a change in reinsurance market dynamics in light of the fact that pricing has not rebounded as it typically would have following the major catastrophe losses in 2017, Artemis.bm reports. The ratings agency said that the reinsurance market cycle is now flatter than it used to be due to the influence of insurance-linked securities. 

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