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ILS managers

Will the carrier M&A cycle lead buyers to the ILS market?

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As the P&C market shifts, carriers are looking for growth from acquisitions.
Fiona Robertson, 10 November 2025
  • Capital markets
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    Fermat launches Fermat Re with ex-Cincinnati Re head Hole as CEO
    The vehicle will now cover an E&S program jointly launched with Accredited.
    10 November 2025
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    Radix ILS raising capital with an eye to Bermuda fronting market entry
    The ILS start-up was founded in January by Hanni Ali and Peter Dunlop.
    07 November 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
    Hannover Re to book multi-hundred-million-euro Melissa loss
    10 November 2025
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    Hannover Re ceded EUR714mn in large losses in first nine months
    10 November 2025
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    Moody’s RMS pegs insured Melissa losses at $3bn-$5bn
    07 November 2025
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    As the fundraising outlook brightens, managers’ focus is turning to how they will navigate rate reductions
    Liz Bury
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    Capital-light, fee-based income was a pull factor in Sompo’s Aspen acquisition
    Liz Bury
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    The reinsurer’s ambitions are unsurprising and yet still unsettling for the ILS market
    Fiona Robertson
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Catastrophe bonds

Cat bond spreads tighten on diversifying Hexagon amid slow Q4 start

Covea’s Hexagon IV Re deal priced 13% below the initial target on a weighted average basis.
Jai Singh, 03 November 2025
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  • Ark sidecar Outrigger Re posts 9M combined ratio of 63%

  • Scor Investment Partners surpasses $5bn in ILS AuM

  • KCC pegs privately insured Melissa losses at $2.4bn

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Catastrophe bonds
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Cat bond market sparks into life as $1bn of new limit enters
One William Street priced its debut cat bond 13% below the midpoint of guidance.
Jai Singh, 10 November 2025
ILS managers
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Fundraising outlook: New ILS investors still favouring cat bonds
Some experienced investors are pivoting out of cat bonds and into the top layers of private ILS deals.
Jai Singh, 03 November 2025
Catastrophe bonds
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One William St takes new cat bond sponsors to 12 for 2025
So far this year, there have been 11 first-time sponsors to place a deal.
Jai Singh, 27 October 2025
Catastrophe bonds
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Cat bond spreads face pressure as market deals with abundant capital
Spreads on USAA’s latest deal priced below comparative issuances in 2023-2024.
Jai Singh, 20 October 2025
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