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LATESTILS, cat bond & reinsurance capital news
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UK pension fund Railpen hires ILS focused investment manager
Gap between best & worst performing ILS fund nears 10% in October
Markel CATCo listed retro fund adds new director
Hagibis loss creep may not emerge until after April renewal, some fear
Fitch raises normal catastrophe loss year expectation for Germany
Cat Bond & ILS Market Stats
2019 ISSUANCE
$9.6 billion.
OUTSTANDING MARKET
$41 billion.
Latest Catastrophe Bonds
| Issuer | $ |
| Sierra Ltd. 2019-1 | $150m |
| Kilimanjaro III Re 2019-2 | $250m+ |
| Kilimanjaro III Re 2019-1 | $125m+ |
| Galileo Re 2019-1 | ≤$575m |
| Ursa Re 2019-1 | $400m |
| Find 600+ ILS transactions in our catastrophe bond & insurance-linked securities Deal Directory. | |
Join us on February 7th 2020 at our fourth annual insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in New York City, where we’ll once again be taking a forward-looking view on ILS market developments and innovation.
Q3 2019 Cat Bond Market Report – Mortgage deals boost subdued market
Q3 2019 issuance totalled $1.42 billion, the third highest of the last ten years for the quarter and was comprised of 11 deals and 20 tranches of notes.
The outstanding market grew by approximately $700 million in Q3, as issuance outpaced maturities, to reach a record $40.1 billion.
Download the report here.
Reinsurance renewal coverage
Read our reporting, insight and analysis of the main reinsurance renewals, when a large proportion of global reinsurance program terms are renewed and repriced. Reinsurance rates have responded to recent catastrophe losses, but ongoing pressure from the weight of reinsurance capital moderated rises. Read our reinsurance renewal coverage here.
ILS Advisers Fund Index
The Index tracks the performance of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund market.Catastrophe Bond Market Charts
Statistics and data to analyse the catastrophe bond and related ILS market.Artemis MarketView
Contact details of people working in the ILS or cat bond market and related areas of reinsurance.
Featured conferences
Held in New York City, this is Artemis' fourth annual insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in NYC. Here from experienced sector executives & special guests on forward-looking topics related to the capital markets role in reinsurance.
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New to ILS, catastrophe bonds and insurance linked investments?
As the asset class covering insurance linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investments grows, new readers may be looking for simple explanations of some of the key ILS market topics that Artemis covers.