Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending May 4th 2025, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.
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Ocean Harbor Insurance Group has successfully priced its debut catastrophe bond with the Oceanside Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance set to provide the targeted $75 million of collateralized multi-year catastrophe reinsurance for named storm and severe weather risks in the state of New York.
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RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda based reinsurance firm and third-party capital specialist, is anticipating that its assets under management (AUM) across its joint-ventures and ILS funds will be “stable to up” over the rest of 2025, while fee income should resume its typical run-rate over the coming quarters.
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The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is continuing to evolve beyond traditional catastrophe bonds, with growing issuance in cyber and parametric segments, reflecting efforts to close protection gaps and provide alternative risk transfer solutions, according to a new report from AM Best.
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Louisiana lawmakers are considering House Bill 672 (HB 672), a proposal to establish a state-run catastrophe reinsurance program aimed at addressing rising insurance costs in high-risk areas. Central to the bill is a funding mechanism involving state-issued bonds, which the bill refers to as catastrophe bonds, however, recent industry feedback has cast doubt on both […]
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The ice storm that struck Ontario and Quebec between March 28th and 31st, is estimated to have resulted in an insurance industry loss of CAD $342 million, according to CatIQ, Canada’s insured loss and exposure indices provider.
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Everest Group CEO Jim Williamson expects the upcoming mid-year reinsurance renewals to present meaningful opportunities for growth, driven by strong demand for property catastrophe coverage and healthy expected returns, with terms expected to hold but some moderation in pricing from recent highs.
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Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance companies are projected to incur gross claim losses nearing US$10 billion stemming from the catastrophic wildfires that swept through Southern California in January 2025, as they make payments to help U.S. policyholders and cedants recover, says the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA).
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With Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation now aiming to upsize its new catastrophe bond issuance to between $1.4 billion and a record $1.525 billion in size, while its overall target for reinsurance has fallen slightly to $4.49 billion, once in-force cat bonds are added to the new issuance, the cat bond market could make up […]
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Hiscox CFO Paul Cooper said today there remains “healthy interest” in catastrophe bonds at higher layers of the reinsurance tower, but also noted that the effect of the California wildfires could weigh on ILS fund performance fee income in both the organisation’s H1’25 and FY’25 results.
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US primary insurer Allstate has lifted the top of its main occurrence Nationwide Excess Catastrophe Reinsurance Program to a new high of $9.5 billion at its recent renewal, with catastrophe bond coverage a growing component, while its retention has also increased to now $1 billion across the tower.
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We’ve learnt that insurer USAA is aiming to upsize its latest catastrophe bond to provide as much as $425 million of annual aggregate reinsurance protection, an increase from the initial $400 million target, for this new Residential Reinsurance 2025 Limited (Series 2025-1) deal.
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New York domiciled US Coastal Insurance Company and Florida domiciled US Coastal Property & Casualty Insurance Company, have an upsized target for their first 144A catastrophe bond, increasing it to now seek $330 million of named storm reinsurance coverage from the Chartwell Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.
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The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) is back in the catastrophe bond market with an initial target to secure $150 million or more in multi-peril reinsurance protection from the capital markets through a new Mayflower Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.
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