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A catalyst for the growth of insurance-linked securities (ILS) in the property catastrophe reinsurance sector is the capabilities of third-party modelling, but a lack of predictive modelling within the casualty arena mitigates entry and impact of a similar scale, according to industry experts.

A new report published by the Lloyd’s of London insurance and reinsurance market concludes that by underpinning liability catastrophe models with big data techniques, opportunities could be found for the ILS market to get more deeply into casualty risks.

The presence of alternative capital in the global reinsurance market has, due to various factors, largely focused on property catastrophe business lines to date, but analysts’ predictions signal greater expansion of ILS into casualty risks ahead.

For casualty risks to become a meaningful part of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond market, transactions need to be structured in such a way that investors can see a clear exit point, according to Chris Parry of Aon Securities Limited.