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Swiss Re has said that while the non-life insurance and reinsurance market has entered a softer phase of the underwriting cycle, it does not anticipate the depth of the downturn being as significant as we’ve seen in the past.

With the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) now having launched its awaited consultation on a Protect Cell Company (PCC) structure that will be suited to efficient insurance-linked securities issuance, collateralised reinsurance and sidecars, Regional Director George Ong of Aon has highlighted the opportunity this presents.

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An awaited consultation process on the regulatory framework for a Protected Cell Company (PCC) structure that can be used for collateralised reinsurance arrangements, including sidecars, and efficient insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance has now been launched by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

Munich Re, the German headquartered global reinsurance giant, has appointed property treaty underwriting specialist Lisa Benhalima as a Manager Structuring within its Global Insurance Linked Securities Solutions team.

Catastrophe bond issuance is expected to exceed $20 billion for the second year in a row in 2026, according to Aon Securities, with the maturity schedule seen as a “constructive” market feature that when added to coupon earnings means cash and capital levels for fund managers and investors have been particularly high this year.

Reinsurance capital reached a record high of $790 billion by the end of Q1 2026, but it was alternative or third-party reinsurance capital, so that deployed through insurance-linked securities and related collateralized structures, which was the sole driver of growth as it reached $141 billion, rising 4% from the end of the year, according to […]

Capital management in the life insurance sector is moving beyond balance sheet expansion to prioritise flexibility and investor alignment. However, while long-duration institutional capital remains the foundation, McKinsey & Company reports that leading platforms are now diversifying funding and exploring greater liquidity through mechanisms such as tradable sidecar interests.

The Demex Group, a risk analytics and intelligence company that facilitates climate and catastrophe peril parametric reinsurance protection, has announced the launch of a new modelled-loss trigger winter storm reinsurance product for primary carriers.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has signalled that a long-awaited consultation on new laws to establish a Protected Cell Company (PCC) structure that could be used for collateralised reinsurance arrangements and efficient insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance is coming soon.