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» Q3 2018 Cat Bond Market Report - Sponsors and investors show commitment to ILS
Q3 2018 saw $2.5 billion of new risk capital brought to market from 9 deals, as the emergence of new perils in the market helped to drive a record third-quarter of issuance.

The outstanding market size at the end of the third-quarter of 2018 hit $36.6 billion, representing market growth of $6.7 billion year-on-year. Download the report here.

» Artemis ILS NYC 2019
Joins us at our third annual insurance-linked securities conference in New York City, for a day of insightful and forward-looking discussions on the future of ILS with more than 300 attendees expected. Register to attend here.

» 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season
The 2018 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season is just a month away. Track the season as it develops on our dedicated page; with forecast information, storm by storm updates, tracking maps, satellite imagery and more.

» Nephila Capital to be 100% acquired by Markel

» NOAA lowers 2018 Atlantic hurricane forecast, as El Nino chances rise

» Industry loss from Genoa bridge collapse up to EUR 600m: Analyst

» Cat bonds hit $11bn in 2018, market reaches $36bn outstanding

» Apollo buying Aspen for $2.6bn

» Irma loss creep hits Lloyd’s syndicates & Floridian insurers

» Munich Re using more sidecars, less traditional retro in its de-risking

» AIG using reinsurance as performance lever, program expansion likely

» PG&E secures first wildfire indemnity corporate cat bond at $200m

» Tremor opens programmatic marketplace for reinsurance risk placement

» ILS investors will become “more demanding” – Darren Redhead, Kinesis
Investors are set to become more demanding of their managers.

» Nat cat tail could be the real test for ILS: Victor Peignet, SCOR
Peignet says the real test for ILS is still to come.

» PCS enhancing granularity with county-level loss data: Johansmeyer
County-level industry loss estimates are a step forward for the market.

» Expect another reload if 2018 produces losses: Michael Popkin, JLT Capital Markets
ILS investors stand ready to reload should this year produce another large loss.

» Capital market risk premium will determine reinsurance cycle: Lixin Zeng, AlphaCat
The reinsurance cycle may be determined by the appetite of the capital markets in future.