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LATESTILS, cat bond & reinsurance capital news
Arch issuing largest mortgage ILS to-date, $701m Bellemeade Re 2019-3
Heritage reports elevated Q2 cat losses, United (UPC) reports loss creep
Hurricane Barry private insurance loss $300m to $600m (ex-NFIP), says Corelogic
Estera acquired, to combine with Ocorian
Blue Capital listed ILS fund in 3.6% return year-to-date
Munich Re surprises with bumper €1bn Q2 profit forecast
Hurricane Barry industry loss under $500m, NFIP to take half: RMS
Richard Lowther to move on from Hiscox ILS
Schroders acquires full ownership of Secquaero, increases stake to 100%
Convective storms & hail drive Allstate’s cat losses above expectation again
Cat Bond & ILS Market Stats
2019 ISSUANCE
$6.4 billion.
OUTSTANDING MARKET
$39.2 billion.
Latest Catastrophe Bonds
| Issuer | $ |
| Bellemeade Re 2019-3 | $700.92m |
| Eclipse Re 2019-03A | $30m |
| Northshore Re II 2019-1 | $165m |
| Radnor Re 2019-2 | $333.84m |
| Easton 2019-1 | $60m |
| 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.
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.
Q2 2019 Cat Bond Market Report – Repeat sponsors and risks underpin issuance
18 deals consisting of 32 tranches of notes were brought to market in Q2 of 2019, resulting in approximately $3.61 billion of new risk capital.
The outstanding market grew by approximately $1.4 billion in Q2, as issuance outpaced maturities, to reach a record $39.3 billion.
Download the report 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
Munich Re hosts this exciting and informative event, with a mixed panel of major representatives from the ILS/ART community sharing their views on issuance activity, key developments in structures, pricing, cat modeling and portfolio management. Speakers have now been announced. Held at: Fairmont, Monte Carlo
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.
Tickets now on sale, register today!
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.