Casualty ILS news

The casualty insurance-linked securities market (ILS) has experienced considerable momentum throughout 2025, with several transactions occurring in the latter half of the year, and according to Willis Re, the market is on a trajectory of potential exponential growth.

Speaking today during Munich Re’s 2025 Investor Day event, Thomas Blunck Member of the Board of Management, explained that he considers the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and its respective sub-segments are more vulnerable to price reductions compared to insurance and reinsurance.

Ledger Investing, the insurance technology (insurtech) and casualty ILS specialist, has announced the launch of Korra, a separate SaaS platform that aims to bring efficiency, transparency, and intelligence to the casualty reinsurance and insurance-linked securities market.

2025 has seen continued growth within the alternative capital markets, supported by steady expansion across property catastrophe and casualty lines, along with increased capital flowing into catastrophe bonds and collateralized reinsurance transactions, greatly reflecting investor confidence, according to Artex Risk Solutions.

Our latest video features the third panel discussion of the day at Artemis London 2025, a session focused on the non-catastrophe opportunities in ILS, from our fourth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the City of London, UK, held on September 2nd 2025.

At AM Best’s Europe Insurance Market & Methodology Briefing in London this week, analysts noted that insurers and reinsurers are managing capital more efficiently, with the growing role of insurance-linked securities (ILS) emerging as an increasingly important alternative capital strategy for risk management.

While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space continues to expand into longer tailed and casualty lines, Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP is taking a cautious stance, with CEO Luca Albertini highlighting the challenges such risk transfers can pose for the capital markets.

Welcome to Artemis’ 2025 Monte Carlo Rendezvous Executive Roundtable, during which nine leaders and experts from across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance sector discussed the current state and future prospects of the market.

In order for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market to succeed and truly compete with traditional reinsurance capacity, it must expand into casualty, which is why Ecclesia Re, the specialist reinsurance broking arm of Ecclesia Group, is placing such strong emphasis on this area.

Juniper Re, the specialist reinsurance broking arm of The Baldwin Group, has expanded the role of 35-year insurance veteran Mory Katz to Head of Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) Casualty and Legacy.