This report reviews the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market at the end of the fourth-quarter of 2020, looking at new risk capital issued and the composition of transactions completed during the quarter, as well as the activity seen during the full-year.
Catastrophe bond and ILS issuance reached a staggering $6 billion in Q4 2020. This is almost $3.5 billion above the ten-year average for the quarter, and the only time in the market’s history that fourth-quarter issuance has reached this level. Full-year 2020 issuance also beat all records and the year saw the most transactions come to market ever.
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