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• Nearly $2B in Cat Bonds Closed During Another Busy Quarter

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 17, 2012

  Aon Benfield says the fourth quarter proved to be another active one for catastrophe bond transactions despite the size of the transactions slightly being off from the previous year.

• Cat Bond Market Still Poised for Growth

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 8, 2011

  Investors continue to show faith in the insurance-linked securities market despite a series of catastrophe losses that caused interruption in growth of the catastrophe bond market this year, industry analysts say.

• Insurance Linked Securities Show Growing Interest

  By NU Online News Service  |  January 17, 2011

  Last year was an active one for insurance linked securities as placements for 2010 rose 28 percent over the previous year, according to a report by Aon Benfield Securities.

• Investors Show Faith In Insurance-Linked Securities

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 23, 2010

  After a lull in investing in insurance-linked securities in 2009, the market showed a sharp uptick in investment interest in 2010.

• Cat Bond Returns For Investors Increasing, Study Finds

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 21, 2010

  The return on catastrophe bonds increased 11 percentage points over the last twelve months with North America Wind bonds leading the pack, according to a report from Aon Benfield Securities.