5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (491+ words) The trend has accelerated further through August, with the overall coupon across the catastrophe bond market falling by around 4.5% by August 28th, to sit at just under 8.9%. It’s worth noting this is still a historically attractive level of returns, which we…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (626+ words) The outstanding market for collateralized reinsurance sidecar structures has experienced rapid momentum in recent years, with the market growing by more than $5 billion in capacity terms over the course of full-year 2025, with casualty and non-catastrophe vehicles heavily cited as being…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (409+ words) Doris also added that heading into end of 2026 renewal negotiations and capital raising discussions, recent market expansion, while positive, makes rigorous risk selection increasingly critical. “The ILS market has continued to grow rapidly, with record cat bond issuance and a…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (411+ words) Now, a second direct investment to hold catastrophe bond notes has been made by this fund, but it remains a very small allocation at this time. Blackstone has been accessing the returns of ILS and direct reinsurance investments for the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (415+ words) However, it’s important to remember that not all of these cat losses will qualify to erode the cat bond aggregate retentions. Moreover, Allstate begun the new annual aggregate risk period, that its Sanders Re program catastrophe bonds and excess of…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (294+ words) As we’ve highlighted before, there’s been no change for the 2026 underwriting year, with the sidecar’s capitalisation remaining static and W. R. Berkley’s stake and the quota share cession ratio both remaining at 32.5%. For full-year 2025, W. R. Berkley reported that written…...