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Over the next two decades, as the cyber insurance and reinsurance market grows, there is the potential for cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) volumes to reach $100 billion, equalling where catastrophe risk in the capital market sits today, according to Mike Millette, Managing Partner at Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., and Board Member at CyberCube.

R&Q Insurance Holdings Ltd., the specialty player that is planning a return to its original legacy insurance and reinsurance focus by selling its program business unit Accredited, has again spotlighted the importance of its legacy sidecar Gibson Re to the new strategic plan, but noted that access to third-party capital is critical.

As we reported recently, US headquartered insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corporation has continued to expand its Lifson Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle, which has been a key lever for the firm’s growth into property catastrophe risks at an attractive time in the cycle.

The Board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) approved its staff to begin the process of renewing both catastrophe bonds and reinsurance for 2024 yesterday, with the understanding that around $1 billion more in reinsurance funding may be needed in 2024.

Insurance carriers in the state of Florida have become more creative with how they approach their reinsurance program needs, finding solutions and using alternatives to ensure protection, but challenges persist, rating agency KBRA said in a new report. We think this could lead to some interesting renewal activity in 2024, given the efficiency of ILS […]

Global reinsurer Hannover Re is clearly expecting the benefits of the hard market environment to earn through in 2024, as it targets a 24% increase in net income next year, while key among strategic drivers for its new corporate plan for years 2024 through 2026 are the use of retrocession and ILS to expand its […]

The government of Korea has been urged to implement and adopt an insurance-linked securities (ILS) regulatory framework to enhance its domestic insurance marketplace and enable access to the capital markets for additional risk capital and reinsurance.

At a recent event held in the city, speakers representing the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HK SAR) of the People’s Republic of China were keen to promote the development of its insurance-linked securities (ILS) market offering and to attract more catastrophe bond business.

Last year, Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance company use of insurance-linked securities (ILS) such as catastrophe bonds increased, according to survey data collected by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA).

Today, we are delighted to reveal the first wave of speakers confirmed for our next insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference. ILS NYC 2024 will be held in New York City on February 9th 2024, with around 400 attendees from the ILS community expected to come together for a day of thought-leadership, discussion and valuable networking.