Collins provides retrocessional reinsurance placement services to reinsurance companies worldwide. Led by highly experienced brokers in its Bermuda and London offices - with close contacts with leading reinsurers and thorough knowledge of the "retro" marketplace - Collins provides expertise in all types of retrocessional contracts.

These include widely used "UNL" (unlimited net loss) contracts, covering, for example:

• Specific territories,
• Specific perils,
• Terrorism,
• "Clash" covers,
• Specific common accounts,
• Specific portfolios,
• Casualty programs, or
• Bloodstock (i.e., horse breeders) programs.

Collins can also arrange for "swap" covers, including exchanges by reinsurers of the risks exposed in different territories, as well as swaps of different territories and perils (for example, Japan earthquake risk for Gulf Coast windstorm risk).

Collins brokers are also expert in the development of "RepliCat" covers, which duplicate the provisions of an existing layer of a catastrophe reinsurance program.

Additional information on retrocessional capacity can be found in the industry loss warranty section.