Archive for July, 2024

Investment manager Amundi US has continued to expand its most recently launched dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy, with the Pioneer CAT Bond Fund having more than doubled in size in 2024, now reaching over $338 million.

Catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format saw their combined assets under management grow to $12.2 billion by the end of the first-half of 2024, rising 4% in the second-quarter and 11% in the first-half. Impressively, as a share of the outstanding cat bond market, these UCITS fund strategies now make up 25% of risk […]

Jamaica is set to benefit from an approximately US $16.3 million payout from the CCRIF SPC (formerly known as the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) after hurricane Beryl triggered its parametric tropical cyclone insurance policy.

According to sources, after hurricane Beryl came very close to triggering Jamaica’s $150 million IBRD CAR Jamaica 2024 catastrophe bond, there has been a slight decline in where it is marked on some pricing sheets, but this is thought only to account for minor uncertainty related to the potential for its track and meteorological data […]

With reports suggesting a more balanced and stable retrocession renewal at the mid-year, broker Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions unit has said that a number of major ILS markets successfully raised new capital to deploy into mid-year retro deals.

Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas yesterday as a Category 1 storm and the fact certain meteorological conditions meant the storm did not intensify as much as it perhaps could have, means the insurance industry loss in the United States from Beryl will not be overly significant.

While Jamaica won’t receive a payout from its catastrophe bond after hurricane Beryl passed close to the island but was not intense enough, or a direct hit, to activate that structure’s trigger, the fact the country has a multi-layered disaster risk financing strategy means liquidity is available, the country’s Minister of Finance Dr. Nigel Clarke […]

The fact reinsurance arrangements have been thoroughly repriced and restructured over the last two years means that, as we move into the second-half and what can often be the heaviest loss period, there is a lower risk that the returns from reinsurance are affected, as primary carriers are set to retain more losses again this […]

The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) has expanded its parametric insurance risk pool in the last year, signing up new sovereign and its first non-sovereign policy holders, while continuing to develop its products and looking to expand as it seeks to reach scale to deliver on risk pool efficiencies for its clients.

A strong performance and recovery in June as catastrophe bond spreads largely came back into line has helped the first-half 2024 average return of UCITS catastrophe bond funds reach 4.72%, according to the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.