As catastrophe bond loss multiples continued to tighten in the opening half of 2026, rating agency AM Best has emphasised that a combination of rising expected losses and softer returns could force investors to become more selective ahead of the upcoming January 1st renewals.
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Liberty Mutual Investments (LMI), the investment arm for Liberty Mutual Group, has hired experienced insurance-linked securities (ILS) market executive Paschal Brooks as Managing Director and Head of Insurance Solutions & Capital Markets.
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Aditya Dutt, President of Aeolus Capital Management, has indicated that the re/insurance industry is not making full use of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) investor base by treating the market as just a source of capital, where it should also be viewing it as a source of “strategic possibility”.
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Given Florida’s significant exposure to hurricane risk, a new report from Morningstar DBRS has suggested that continued access to affordable and readily available reinsurance will remain critical to the market’s long-term stability and financial strength.
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Ten extreme weather events impacted the Canadian Prairies this summer, causing widespread damage and over $1.8 billion in insured losses, according to initial estimates from CatIQ. This surge in claims has prompted the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) to urge governments to take immediate action to help reduce the country’s exposure to extreme weather events.
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Nascent Re Ltd. a licensed reinsurance transformer owned and operated by Bermuda-based Nascent Group, has completed issuance of two more series of preferred share private insurance-linked securities (ILS), with the vehicle issuing $20 million each for Quinton and Stevenage segregated accounts.
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As the severity and frequency of natural catastrophe events continue to grow, addressing the protection gap remains an important focus, which has led Moody’s to call out that scaling the capital markets and tapping into the insurance-linked securities market can help narrow the gap as it continues to grow.
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Institutional investors that have not yet chosen to allocate capital into insurance-linked securities (ILS) should be considering to do so given the diversification benefits that it offers, as well as its attractive risk-return profile, according to Eveline Takken-Somers, Head of Insurance Linked Investments, at Dutch pension fund service provider, PGGM.
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The diversity and size of the ILS investor base has never been larger, according to Cory Anger, Managing Director at Marsh Securities, who believes that the market remains extremely healthy, while emphasising the need to continue expanding investment opportunities further.
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Hurricane Polo is rapidly intensifying off the southwestern coast of Mexico and the strengthening trend is expected to continue, while the track remains uncertain at this time, which has brought the $175 million IBRD CAR Mexico 2024 (Pacific) parametric catastrophe bond into focus this week.
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Despite softening spreads driven by record inflows of capital, catastrophe bonds continue to offer one of the widest net risk premia available across financial markets, according to a new report from Andrew Poreda, Vice President and Senior Research Analyst at Sage Advisory Services.
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Allocations to reinsurance grew fastest among direct institutional investors in 2025, outpacing the growth rate of assets deployed at independent insurance-linked securities managers and reinsurer sponsored managers, according to recent data from broker Marsh Re.
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Reinsurance companies are set to enter renewal negotiations from a position of capital strength, but the majority are expecting a challenging outcome, with prices expected to fall and terms and conditions expected to loosen further, a survey by Fitch Ratings found.
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As the catastrophe bond market continues to expand and create further opportunities in the ILS market, there is also a growing demand being seen for portfolios that combine liquid cat bonds with carefully selected private ILS exposures, which according to Twelve Securis’ Cahal Doris, gives investors greater control over liquidity, diversification and risk-return objectives.
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