The outstanding market for collateralized reinsurance sidecar structures has accelerated its growth over the year to June 30th 2025, reaching a new record high of $17 billion at that time, representing around 70% expansion of this ILS market segment in just one year, an Aon Securities estimate shows.
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After meeting with reinsurance industry executives in Monte Carlo at the Rendez-vous event this year, analysts at KBW have said the indicated range of expectations for property catastrophe reinsurance pricing at the January 2026 renewals is from flat to down 15%, with a desire to keep growing in the market seen as likely to drive […]
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According to James Boyce, CEO of Global Specialties at Guy Carpenter, buyers of aggregate retrocession are beginning to see more favourable conditions, with capacity expanding, more reinsurers entering the market, and oversupply on the rise, all of which are trends that could translate into lower retentions and greater choice.
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The insurance and reinsurance industry is facing historically high pressure to reinvent its business model in order to stay relevant, according to PwC, and as you might expect capital, how it’s managed and how it’s deployed, as well as its efficiency, is seen as a catalyst for growth.
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We are told that global reinsurance company Swiss Re is now aiming to upsize its new Matterhorn Re Ltd. (Series 2025-3) North America earthquake catastrophe bond by one-third to $100 million, while pricing has declined to the low-end of the revised ranges.
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With P&C insurance premiums rising rapidly over the last two decade and an increasing proportion of the risk finding its way down the market chain to reinsurance and retrocessional sources of capital, Jérôme Jean Haegeli, Group Chief Economist at Swiss Re said the industry has experienced a renaissance.
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Executives from Enstar, one of the largest legacy and run-off reinsurance specialists in the world, told Artemis that they are seeing strong interest for its solutions from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds sector, as managers seek mechanisms to provide liquidity to their investors.
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Seasonality related to the Atlantic hurricane season, alongside still strong baseline risk spreads and collateral return all helped to boost the average performance for the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices to a 5.79% return year-to-date, as of August 29th 2025.
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After a challenging few years that began with the hurricane-heavy season of 2017, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has entered a sustained period of strong returns. The rebound is also reshaping recruitment trends, with rising demand being seen for talent in business development and analytics, according to 20Twenty Search’s Jason Sykes.
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With the catastrophe bond market seeing eleven new sponsors enter the space so far this year, the trend highlights how involvement in the market has become more acceptable, and how sponsors are increasingly comfortable with cat bonds overall, according to Brad Adderley, Partner at global law firm Appleby.
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The recent successful launch of $500 million casualty reinsurance sidecar Wayfare Re is a key development as Ascot Group continues to build out its Leadline Capital Partners business and represents a modern, scalable partnership with an appropriate investor in Antares, Mark Wilcox, Group Chief Financial Officer of Ascot told Artemis in an interview.
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Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has said that the January 2026 renewals will be shaped by capital abundance and product innovation, with success to be measured by how reinsurers and clients align on supporting “volatility protection at acceptable levels of risk transfer.”
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We understand that global reinsurance firm Swiss Re is now targeting reduced pricing for its still $75 million Matterhorn Re Ltd. (Series 2025-3) catastrophe bond transaction that is in the market, as it looks to price the North America earthquake retrocession notes this week.
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Buyers and sellers are energised by the opportunity to unlock long-tail casualty risk through insurance-linked securities (ILS), with this momentum driving a broader transformation in the legacy reinsurance market, shifting it from one-off liability transfers toward long-term, strategic partnerships, according to Howden Re.
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