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With borrowing costs at their lowest levels since 2004, reinsurers are loading up on corporate debt in part to fund stock buybacks. The latest tally, according to Bloomberg News, is $1.34 billion in additional borrowing, with Endurance Specialty Holdings (ENH), a Bermuda-based company, recently selling $85 million in bonds. Other recent transactions include Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) and PartnerRe (PRE) each issuing $500 million in bonds and RenaissanceRe (RNR) adding $250 million to the count.

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Reinsurers Returning Capital Despite Catastrophes originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Catastrophe modelers, insurers and reinsurers are still sorting out the damage from Windstorm Xynthia in Europe and the earthquake in Chile. Taking only the highest of high-end estimates, the damage from these two catastrophes could exceed $12 billion, resulting in fairly steep property-catastrophe losses long before hurricane season begins. With three more major property reinsurance renewals remaining for the year -- at April 1, June 1 (Florida) and July 1 -- there is plenty of time for the impact of these events to be absorbed into reinsurance pricing.

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Assessing the Tab for Q1 Catastrophes originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MOST NOTEWORTHY: BioScrip, Chipotle Mexican Grill and CoStar Group were today's noteworthy upgrades:
  • BioScrip (NASDAQ: BIOS) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Broadpoint, as they believe the company's specialty business is worth more than the current price implies.
  • Baird upgraded Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) to Outperform from Neutral following Q4 results, citing valuation and a positive view on fundamentals.
  • CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at JMP Securities, as they expect the company to report a solid quarter next Thursday.
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