2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (727+ words) While catastrophe bond issuance has been increasing rapidly in recent years, the triggers used for cat bonds have moved towards a clear preference for indemnity protection. In fact, for 2026 so far almost 78% of cat bond limit issued and tracked by…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (797+ words) Hiscox Capital Partners, the division of Hiscox Re that encompasses insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments and quota-share partnerships, grew its overall ILS assets under management (AUM) by almost 93% in the first half of 2026 to $2.9 billion. In light of this significant increase,…...

3+ day, 22+ 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…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (509+ words) Parry said, “Reinsurance rates and cat bond spreads have compressed over the last few years, but we still view the asset class as attractive relative to history and of course relative to other asset classes. For cat bonds specifically, the…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (485+ words) He hosted a panel discussion with industry leaders, where the size of the capital pools waiting on the sidelines of reinsurance was highlighted once again and Fauber explained that the industry needs to help capital understand the opportunity and put…...

5+ day, 45+ min ago   (463+ words) While capital remains readily available and the range of solutions offered includes structures that can provide his firm’s clients with real resilience through cycles, making long-duration capital market solutions particularly attractive at this time. “The reinsurance market has entered a…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (306+ words) The reinsurers sees “slightly lower prices while quality of the business remains good,” and noted that “terms and conditions and retentions still on a good level.” As a result, Hannover Re explained its outlook saying that, “selective growth at risk-adequate…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (390+ words) The CEO highlighted data centers as a catalyst for opportunity: “Data centers are shaping up as the next “big opportunity”. However, what will be interesting is to see what the demand is for alternative capital to support that risk. But…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (543+ words) Baker of CyberCube explained why the cyber cat bond market has been quiet of late, highlighting the economics, “The soft market means traditional reinsurance capacity exists at lower prices, which decreases the general need to reach towards the ILS market…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (391+ words) The syndicate will be led by Richard Holden, CUO, Cedar Trace and is planned to write a diversified reinsurance portfolio, as well as a delegated direct insurance portfolio. This marks a meaningful expansion of Cedar Trace’s existing Bermuda-based reinsurance and…...