Catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities became increasingly embedded in reinsurance programmes in 2025, a trend set to continue as investors increasingly look to long-term allocations to the asset class, executives from Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA) have explained.
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AXIS Capital continues to leverage alternative capital and partner with insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors, with these activities generating attractive fee income in 2025. While a new structure established for 2026 shows that its casualty sidecar Monarch Point Re remains a core focus for the company.
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With growing capacity demands within AI and other cloud computing services leading towards a surge in data centers, this rapid expansion also presents a clear role for insurance-linked securities (ILS) and the capital markets, according to broker Aon.
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Dutch pension PFZW (or Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn) has recently benefited from another $150 million return of profits through a dividend from Vermeer Reinsurance Ltd., the joint-venture and rated underwriting vehicle that RenaissanceRe Capital Partners manages on its behalf.
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This morning it has been announced that Nuveen, a US asset manager subsidiary of TIAA, is set to acquire Schroders for around £9.9 billion, creating a significant global group with around US $2.5 trillion of assets under management, but notably for our market with the Schroders brand to be retained.
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SafePoint Insurance Company has successfully upsized its new catastrophe bond by two-thirds, securing $250 million of multi-year named storm reinsurance protection from capital market investors with the Nature Coast Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis can report.
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Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has announced that leader Joe Peiser has been appointed as the firm’s new CEO of Risk Capital, a role spanning across both commercial insurance and reinsurance broking responsibilities, with influence on insurance-linked securities and the mechanisms for delivery of risk capacity to support clients.
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During the AIG fourth-quarter earnings call today CEO Peter Zaffino highlighted the insurer’s launch of two sidecar-style syndicates at Lloyd’s and said the company has a “strong pipeline of SPV opportunities” suggesting future third-party capital partnerships may be expected.
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At the January 2026 reinsurance renewals, insurance giant AIG added further efficiency to its aggregate protection for the year, in a renewal that saw weighted average rate decreases of more than 15% for the company, CEO Peter Zaffino explained today.
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The reinsurance market has seen an increase in risk capacity from dedicated parametric underwriters and capital providers, according to reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, who outlined that as traditional reinsurance pricing begins to soften, parametric solutions remain a “competitive option” offering cedants a practical addition to their volatility protection toolkit.
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A recent commentary from Neue Bank AG hailed catastrophe bonds as one of the most compelling financial instruments within the field of alternative investments, with the firm particularly emphasising their capacity to offer significant diversification opportunities for investors.
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Analysts from Autonomous suggest that while reinsurance terms and conditions are set to face increasing pressure as 2026 progresses, any slippage seen in 2025 does not yet indicate that T&Cs are becoming irrational.
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In a year where Price Forbes Capital Markets saw strong activity and involvement in deals, it was casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) that were the standout area of traction and CEO of the unit Adam Champion noted that the Bermuda market’s strength is compelling and easy to showcase to investors.
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The traditional reinsurance market is expected to present heightened competition to insurance-linked securities (ILS) in 2026, but investor inflows, a strong maturities schedule, and retained earnings should keep ILS capital levels healthy and catastrophe bond pricing attractive to cedents, executives from GC Securities told Artemis.
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