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Three new bonds are expected to come to market in July, bringing much-needed diversification to the ILS sector and ending a lean period for new issuance.
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A flood of new investment capital will keep the ILS sector's demand for debt resilient, says investment bank UBS as it expands into offering leverage to ILS fund managers.
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Despite opening the year with "optimism and swagger," the cat bond market was cut down to size by the new RMS hurricane model in Q2 as new issuance was stalled by pricing uncertainty, according to broker Willis.
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Guy Carpenter has said that if the demand for industry loss warranties (ILWs) is sustained then prices look set to reach an all-time high.
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First-time cat bond issuer Argo Group has described its $100mn Loma Re transaction as the most efficient way to expand its reinsurance and retro programmes ahead of this year's US wind season.
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An influx of new capital into the industry loss-warranty (ILW) market would be timely after the market hardened in the wake of losses, broker Guy Carpenter said in a report on the June renewals.
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Collateralised reinsurer Aeolus Capital Management has raised more than $500mn to invest in the mid-year renewals as its private equity owners back out of the business, Trading Risk can reveal.
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Industry loss warranty (ILW) prices have stabilised from a sharp March spike, after new capacity entered the sector and buyer demand slackened.
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Leading convergence investment manager Nephila Capital has sold $1.67bn of a new hybrid indemnity and parametric contract, Trading Risk can reveal.
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This year's catastrophe losses in the traditional reinsurance market have created an opportunity for the cat bond market to grow, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory predicts in an insurance-linked securities (ILS) report.
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Bermuda-based retro and industry loss warranty (ILW) fund Aeolus is raising additional capital to deploy ahead of the US wind season, while its corporate restructure is on track to complete later this year, according to sources.
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The ‘C' in P&C insurance has to date been a closed market for the ILS world, but P&C insurance information provider ISO hopes that a new casualty index may open up new possibilities for risk transfer to the capital markets.
