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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Oxbridge Re Holdings Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, has confirmed its two tranche offering of tokenized reinsurance securities that will fund its collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS for the 2026/2027 reinsurance contract year, with 20% and 42% return targets.
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Global climate risk solutions platform Arbol and Pollen Systems have teamed up to bring to market a first-of-its-kind product that combines parametric insurance with multiple real-time data sources, that are set to address long-standing challenges in agricultural and climate risk coverage.
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Plymouth Rock, a northeast US regional insurer, is the latest first time catastrophe bond sponsor to enter the market, with the firm seeking $100 million in named storm reinsurance from investors through a Tremont Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis can report.
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With global warming said likely to drive a rise in the frequency and severity of natural disasters and certain extreme weather events, the re/insurance industry faces a shifting landscape. However, a recent analysis by Solidum Partners AG suggests that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is uniquely positioned as a key capital source to support re/insurers.
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Lumen Re, the main reinsurance underwriting entity of LGT ILS Partners, is in the catastrophe bond market seeking $125 million in retrocessional protection against losses from North American peak perils with a Photon Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, the latest in a series of cat bonds to come from ILS manager linked structures, Artemis has […]
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CyberCube, a specialist modelling firm for cyber risks and the third-party modelling agent for many of the cyber catastrophe bonds that have been issued so far, has announced a new CEO, with its Chief Growth Officer Chris Methven taking on the top role, as Pascal Millaire becomes a Senior Adviser to the company.
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As the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market looks to build on its recent strong performance and capitalise on opportunities that are being presented, the need for the sector to do so in a sustainable way came into focus at our ILS NYC 2026 conference held in New York last Friday.
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The continued scaling of alternative, or third‑party reinsurance capital further augmented property catastrophe capacity and increased competitive pressure at the January 2026 renewals, according to S&P Global Ratings, who projects that alternative capital will continue to reach new highs as it complements traditional reinsurance capital.
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Decentralised climate infrastructure platform dClimate has announced that it has launched Tyche, a blockchain-based platform designed to facilitate insurance risk transactions, which will initially focus on catastrophe reinsurance before expanding towards energy-linked weather derivatives and collateral facilities.
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Catastrophe bond fund strategies in the UCITS format have started 2026 positively, delivering an average return of 0.53% for January, according to the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.
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