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Aon Benfield launches ILS indices

18 August 2010

Aon Benfield Securities has announced the launch of the Aon Benfield ILS Indices, which provide a quantitative view of monthly ILS returns since December 2000.

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Aon Benfield Securities, the securities and investment banking operation of reinsurance broker Aon Benfield, has announced the launch of the Aon Benfield ILS Indices, which provide a quantitative view of monthly insurance-linked securities (ILS) returns since December 2000. 

The ILS indices track the performance of catastrophe bonds in each of four portfolios:  all...


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