aon benfield ils indices

Aon Securities, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and capital markets arm of insurance and reinsurance broker Aon, reveals that all Aon ILS Indices posted a gain in the second-quarter of 2017, although returns were down when compared with a year earlier.

Investments in insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bonds continued to outperform some comparable benchmarks in 2016, despite further reinsurance rates and ILS price declines, according to the latest report from Aon Securities.

In line with the first-quarter of this year and the second-quarter of 2015, all Aon insurance-linked securities (ILS) Indices posted gains in Q2 2016. However, and again continuing the trend witnessed in Q1, relative to benchmarks the Aon ILS Indices performed with mixed results, according to Aon Securities.

In contrast to the first-quarter of last year all Aon ILS Indices in Q1 2016 reported gains, however, relative to benchmarks the ILS Indices performed with mixed results, says Aon Securities, the capital markets arm of reinsurance broker Aon Benfield.

In 2015 the Aon ILS Indices, which track the performance of investment baskets of catastrophe bonds, all outperformed a number of comparable fixed income benchmarks, as well as beating the S&P 500 Index, the latest report from Aon Securities shows.

The Aon Benfield ILS Indices, a set of indices calculated using month-end pricing data for outstanding catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities, saw mixed results in Q1 2015 as U.S. hurricane bonds dragged the index down.

The Aon Benfield ILS Indices, a set of indices calculated using month-end pricing data for outstanding catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities saw impressive performance in 2013, largely outperforming 2012 returns.

Despite the severe catastrophe loss burden from 2011, which saw a number of catastrophe bonds impacted by events in Japan and the tornadoes in the U.S., the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continued to provide investors with competitive returns when compared to other similarly rated securities. These events caused a relatively steep dip in returns immediately […]

Aon Benfield have today published their report on the insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond market for the 2nd quarter of 2011. The report, titled ILS Second Quarter Update 2011, looks back at issuance during the last quarter and contains a number of interesting topics which we’ll endeavour to cover for you where relevant and where […]

Aon Benfield Securities report on Q1 activity in the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market (which we’ve written about earlier today here) also contains an update on the performance of their Aon Benfield ILS Indices. Aon launched the indices last August hoping to provide a quantitative monthly view of ILS returns which would help to […]