Industry loss warranty news

The City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund delivered a net return of 11.27% for the year ended January 31st 2026 and its investment adviser said demand for industry-loss warranty (ILW) protection has been elevated, leading it to expect promising opportunities for 2026 portfolio construction.

Property Claim Services (PCS), the unit of Verisk that is a provider of industry loss estimates and loss data to the reinsurance and ILS industry, has provided us a detailed overview of the processes the organisation uses to designate and estimate insurance industry losses for perils such as U.S. tropical cyclones, severe thunderstorms, and winter […]

According to a new working paper by catastrophe modelling specialist Reask and specialist insurance-linked securities investment manager LGT ILS Partners, a climate-conditioned Industry Loss Warranty (ILW) strategy can materially outperform traditional static modeling approaches.

Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the hedge fund-focused arm of the global asset manager, has maintained its overweight conviction on the catastrophe bond asset class, with the firm citing that while yields and spreads have compressed compared to last year, the market remains healthy, with no evidence of weakening fundamentals.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has entered 2026 with significant momentum, driven by an unprecedented surge in catastrophe bond issuance and strong global demand for protection. SCOR Investment Partners believes this robust primary activity will play a critical role in sustaining current spread levels across the market throughout the year.

Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the hedge fund-focused arm of the global asset manager, has moderated its stance on catastrophe bonds from ‘strongly overweight’ to ‘overweight’. Despite this shift, the manager maintains that the asset class remains attractive.

Specialised reinsurance broker Willis Re has identified increased activity in private insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bonds, and industry loss warranties (ILWs) as notable trends within the ILS market during 2025.

The Ambassador catastrophe bond focused US mutual fund strategy operated by Embassy Asset Management has grown its total insurance-linked securities (ILS) assets under management to more than US $700 million or the first time, while the strategy delivered an 11.61% return for the last year of record.

The retrocession renewals for January 1st 2026 were finalised much later than usual. But, with ample capacity available from traditional and ILS markets, buyers achieved price reductions and also re-introduced more frequency protection to their coverage, according to Gallagher Re.

As per reinsurance broker Howden Re, industry loss warranties (ILWs) are expected to return to more normalised growth in 2026, as the January 1st reinsurance renewals showed rates falling by 10% to 20%.