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The ICA has escalated its ‘significant event’ declaration to ‘insurance catastrophe’. -
Tom Gray spent the best part of a decade at Lancashire.
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The carrier anticipates a substantial opportunity in cyber, and cyber and property ILS.
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The broker has analysed the differences in wildfire risk between Northern and Southern California.
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The sponsor is the second dedicated ILS manager to issue a cat bond after One William Street.
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MGA/wholesale-type capacity transactions are expected to be a driver of segment’s growth.
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The insurance-focused investment manager also named RedBird Capital as a backer.
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The LA wildfires resulted in the largest insured loss of the year, at $40bn.
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The two bonds offered are both replacing expiring deals.
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Tiziani has previously worked in the asset management and private banking sectors.
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Fresh from a deal with QBE Re, the investment firm discusses drivers of casualty ILS growth.
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The breadth of strategies targeted by ILS start-ups signals where the industry is heading.
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The investment will be the first allocation to ILS for the public sector pensions investor Funds SA.
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The unit will be led by Ed Hochberg, global risk solutions leader at Guy Carpenter.
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The fund will offer additional spread versus other similarly rated corporate debt.
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White Mountains provided no capital to this year’s placement.
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Scott Cobon resigned from Artex in September last year after 10 years of service.
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The sidecar has backing from Culpeper Capital Partners, Calidris Investment Partners and Compre.
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Plianthos joins from Marsh, where he was SVP for eight years.
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The total yield is down 114bps from 9.94% compared to the final week of 2024.
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The broker deal has projected cat bond new issuance of $19bn-$21bn for 2026.
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The carrier first issued Phoenix in 2021 with a size of $42mn.
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The ILS manager now has 13 individual partners and one corporate partner.
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The index returned 10.4% for the 11 months to the end of November.
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Ashleigh Edwards will report to group CUO Mark Pepper.
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The Aon Cat Bond Total Return Index delivered gains of 11.6% in 2025.
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Investor appetite for bonds is exerting pressure on traditional retro providers, according to Gallagher Re.
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Both lower multiples and potential Fed rate cuts will pressure returns.
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New issuance will be supported by new sponsors as well as over $13bn in maturities.
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The ILS AuM in its flagship cat funds rose 13% over the half year to $6bn as of 31 October.
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There have been few retro exits despite softening amid cat bond competition.
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Non-loss impacted major property program rates were down by up to 20% at the renewal period.
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The ILW segment shrank in 2025 to around $6bn, the broker estimated.
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Potential sidecar investors include alternative asset managers and ILS firms.
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Q2 was the largest quarter for issuance, with $9.6bn of limit placed.
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The casualty-focused retro vehicle has produced an annualised RoE of 20% since 2020.
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The influx of capital, combined with a quiet wind season, led to favorable conditions for cedants during 1.1 renewals.
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Cedants pursued property renewals “aggressively” amid excess reinsurer capacity.
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The transition reflects ongoing growth at Swiss Re’s ILS platform, the firm said.
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The placement showed investor preference for slightly riskier aggregate deal.
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The fund limits positions in aggregate structures exposed to secondary perils.
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Reinsurers could use retained earnings to target growth and buy more retro.
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Cat bond market growth has exceeded broker-dealers' 2025 forecasts by some distance.
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The facility provides solvency support via a fresh equity injection under various scenarios.
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The Italian asset manager also plans to relaunch its multi-strategy ILS fund.
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The finance committee discussed shifting market dynamics as tort reform takes effect.
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Los Angeles wildfires and SCS pushed US losses to $89bn.
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CA Fairplan’s Golden Bear Re deal upsized 200% to $750mn.
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The industry has continued to build and innovate through a third strong year of performance.
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The outlook flags “large uncertainties” amid possible El Niño through summer 2026.
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The note is paying a spread of 975bps, 11.3% below the midpoint of the initial guidance range.
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Man AHL Cat Bond Strategy has $1bn in assets, around 2% of Man AHL Partners’ total of $54bn.
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The TPA approach to investing was adopted by US pension fund Calpers last month.
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The offering is born out of software Ledger developed to manage its own portfolio since 2021.
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Global insurance premiums reached an all-time high of $15.3bn by year end 2024.
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The firm will support administration of casualty ILS and other data-rich transactions.
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The total yield is down 162bps from 10.31% in the last week of November 2024.
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Migdal Insurance placed its debut cat bond Turris Re for $100mn of quake limit.
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Oaktree will fund the syndicate and act as investment manager for its assets.
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There are various routes for ILS managers wanting to access the diversity of Lloyd’s underwriting.
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The European ETF launch has benefited from the performance of the Brookmont US cat bond ETF.
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The firm’s external AuM has grown by 175% from 2019 to $3.3bn in 2025.
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Several Lloyd’s syndicates are also now providing cover for the federal insurer.
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Secondary market pricing implies the sponsor could recoup a total of $50mn on the 2022-1 A note.
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An “extraordinary” proportion of storms reached Category 5 status this year.
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One fund tracked by the index had a negative month.
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The fund held $10mn in AuM, with $3mn the minimum investment required.
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North Carolina Farm Bureau raised $500mn with its latest Blue Ridge Re cat bond deal.
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Demand for top layer coverage may also need to be supported by underlying market growth.
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New catastrophe reinsurance Syndicate 2359 has an approved stamp capacity of £100mn.
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The single note is offering an effective coupon of 23.5% at the midpoint of guidance.
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The firm anticipates potential growth in cyber cat ILS similar to property cat ILS post-2005.
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Fontana 2.0 will encompass a more flexible investment strategy than the 2022 vehicle.
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Assets under management in UCITS cat bond funds stood at $17.8bn as of 7 November, according to data from Plenum Investments.
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The cat bond market is on course for $56bn of notional outstanding by the end of this year.
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The outcome of Eaton Fire subrogation is an uncertainty for some vehicles.
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The two funds feed into the $892.5mn Schroder IF Flexible Cat Bond Fund.
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The issuance will be the fourth deal offered by the Lloyd’s carrier.
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The shift in multiples is indicative of price softening in the cat bond the past two years.
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The deal provides protection in Europe, after Mapfre Re’s debut bond last year covered US perils.
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Growth included a $240mn increase in partner capital in DaVinci equity plus debt.
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The average weighted spread on the deals was 651bps, skewed upward by cyber and wildfire deals.
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Carriers are grappling with a rush of investor interest in longer-tail lines.
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On a nine month basis, fee income was up nearly 30% to $146mn.
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Mt Logan’s Q3 loss ratio improved by 44.2 points to 11.5% for the quarter.
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The ratings agency first indicated it would consider a new methodology in March.
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The single Class A note is offering an initial spread range of 1,050-1,150 to investors.
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The sponsor has $140mn of cyber cat bond protection maturing in December.
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The (re)insurer has a higher-than-average Jamaican market share.
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Hole will spearhead the launch of the underwriting and analytics platform.
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One William Street priced its debut cat bond 13% below the midpoint of guidance.
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The largest net individual loss was January’s California wildfires at EUR615mn.
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The charity said that improved ecosystems could help protect from disasters.
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Insurance penetration varies, but hotels have “near-total” coverage and strong limits.
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The ILS start-up was founded in January by Hanni Ali and Peter Dunlop.
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Pre-tax income at the vehicle was $30mn in the first nine months of 2025.
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The reinsurer-linked manager now offers three ILS funds encompassing private ILS and cat bonds.
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The storm devastated Jamaica and Cuba, but insurance penetration on the islands is low.
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The sponsor has $200mn of cat bond protection maturing in December this year.
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The firm said this was due to planned returns of capital to ongoing investors.
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Cassis joins from Swiss Re, where she was a senior ILS structurer since February 2022.
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Brant Loucks is one of four promotions across the Capital Partnerships and reinsurance units.
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Total yield is down from 11.18% in the last week of October 2024.
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Widespread underinsurance and low exposures will limit losses.
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Covea’s Hexagon IV Re deal priced 13% below the initial target on a weighted average basis.
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Since 2007, the Caribbean country has received $100.9mn in payments from the CCRIF.
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Total gains for the year reached 7.71%.
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Some experienced investors are pivoting out of cat bonds and into the top layers of private ILS deals.
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The French reinsurer improved its P&C combined ratio by 7.4 points to 80.9%.
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The syndicate is expected to write ~$300mn of business in 2026.
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Operating revenues were also up on the $29.1mn reported over Q2.
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O’Donnell believes RenRe is well positioned to produce longer-tail risk to third-party investors.
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Third-party investors made a net income of $415mn in the quarter.
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Hurricane warnings are in place for Guantanamo, Holguin and Las Tunas.
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Central pressure of 900mb or below would trigger a full loss of the $150mn deal.
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The legacy cover will backstop policies written by its North American insurance business.
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Pricing on Friday implied a potential $45mn loss to the bond, before the storm outlook deteriorated.
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So far this year, there have been 11 first-time sponsors to place a deal.
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Competition on price from traditional markets is weighing on bond market momentum.
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The insurer of last resort’s exposure was $696bn as of last September.
