Archive for July, 2026

With capacity constraints likely to limit the insurance industry’s ability to fully insure hyperscale data centre projects, given their scale and complexity, a new report from S&P notes that this will drive greater use of self-insurance through captive insurers, and potentially, alternative capital such as insurance-linked securities (ILS).

France headquartered global reinsurance company SCOR has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japanese insurer Japan Post Insurance on the establishment of a reinsurance investment structure, which will feature subject business from both companies and be invested into by Japan Post Insurance.

Arch Reinsurance Group, the reinsurance underwriting arm of global re/insurer Arch Capital Group, has promoted William Soares to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Arch Reinsurance Ltd. in Bermuda, and Jon Schriber to CEO of Arch Reinsurance Company in the U.S., effective immediately.

In the current softening market environment where reinsurance capital is abundantly available, primary carriers are benefiting from a greater diversity of protection options, across traditional reinsurance, insurance-linked securities and a growing availability of aggregate covers, rating agency KBRA has explained.

Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has updated its estimate of insurance industry losses for extratropical windstorm Goretti, also known as Elli, that affected southwestern England, northern France and Belgium in early January, slightly lowering the total to EUR 468 million.

While catastrophe bond yields have been on the decline for a number of years now, private bank and asset manager VP Bank AG continues to give the insurance-linked securities asset class a neutral weighting, noting that loss-free yields still remain above average.

In a new report, SCOR Investment Partners has said that while outlooks for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season appear to be more positive compared to recent years, largely due to the emergence of strong El Niño conditions over the summer, portfolio construction remains focused on diversification and resilience, with a key objective of maintaining a high […]

The Colorado State University (CSU) tropical meteorology team has now further reduced its seasonal forecast for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, citing the high-likelihood of a strong El Niño and the associated increase in vertical wind shear as the primary factor.

The Ambassador US mutual fund strategy operated by Embassy Asset Management that allocates to catastrophe bonds and private insurance-linked securities (ILS) that we believe to be largely ILW’s, has grown its assets under management further to reach almost $900 million as of this week.

Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) has raised its forecast for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season slightly, now calling for one more hurricane and major hurricane to form, citing “indications that the sub-tropical Atlantic may provide more favourable conditions for tropical cyclones.”