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Revised May 2018
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The Bellefonte Cap, a shorthand reference to the limit on reinsurers’ obligations under facultative reinsurance certificates, is before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals once again, and the outcome of the current case could cost reinsurers millions of dollars and lead to big changes in how ceding companies and reinsurers do business. The cap stemmed from a 1990 decision by the 2nd Circuit in the case of Bellefonte Reinsurance Co v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
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The “Bellefonte Cap,” a short-hand reference to the 1990 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the case of Bellefonte Reinsurance Co v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 903 F.2d 910 (2d Cir. 1990) is again before the Second Circuit and the outcome of the case could cost reinsurers millions of dollars and lead to big changes in how ceding companies and reinsurers do business.
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New York, in particular, allows for a single affidavit to be executed and filed by a surplus lines broker on behalf of all members of a purchasing group in New York where coverage is procured for such members during a 30-day period, according to the state regulatory code.
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New York, in particular, allows for a single affidavit to be executed and filed by a surplus lines broker on behalf of all members of a purchasing group in New York where coverage is procured for such members during a 30-day period.
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New York, in particular, allows for a single affidavit to be executed and filed by a surplus lines broker on behalf of all members of a purchasing group in New York where coverage is procured for such members during a 30-day period.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 11, § 301.6
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However, EM fixed income outperformed other asset classes by a wide margin in 2017 and is expected to do so again this year, Morgan Stanley reported in its 2018 Emerging Markets Debt Outlook: A Case for Medium-Term Optimism.
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However, EM fixed income outperformed other asset classes by a wide margin in 2017 and is expected to do so again this year.
Morgan Stanley, 2018 Emerging Markets Debt Outlook: A Case for Medium-Term Optimism, 2018.