Catastrophe bond news

SafePoint Insurance Company is back in the catastrophe bond, with an initial target to secure $250 million of multi-year named storm reinsurance protection from capital market investors through a Nature Coast Re Ltd. (Series 2026-2)  cat bond issuance, Artemis has learned.

US insurer Allstate has reported a smaller $220 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses for the month of September 2026, which has lifted the total across the current annual aggregate risk period for its catastrophe bonds to $3.372 billion.

The World Bank has now confirmed that it has partnered with Nepal to explore the issuance of a parametric earthquake catastrophe bond for the country.

Speaking yesterday at the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2026 conference, Bob Smith, President & Co-CIO of fixed income and alternative solutions manager Sage Advisory, explained that he sees insurance-linked securities as an asset class that can expand the horizon of impact investing.

For investors in the insurance-linked securities asset class, when pitching a potential allocation to their investment committees the task is helped by the fact ILS has a strong narrative to tell, when it comes to proving its diversification benefits and has the data to support that, speakers at the Convergence 2026 conference in Bermuda said […]

Given that catastrophe bonds are known for having a low correlation to traditional financial markets, global asset management firm Victory Capital has highlighted how the asset class’s portfolio implementation flexibility makes it viable for either an investor’s fixed income allocation or its alternative investment strategy.

At the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2026 conference today, Karen Clark, CEO and Co-founder of catastrophe risk modelling specialist Karen Clark & Company, urged the insurance-linked securities community and its investors to ask for alternative model views to be included in the deal flow that comes to market.

While the industry has spent considerable time implementing ways that capital enters ILS vehicles, the mechanism for how it exits has often been treated as an afterthought. Artex Capital Solutions is dedicating effort towards building vehicles that provide a clear entry and a clear exit, with CEO Kathleen Faries emphasising that delivering clarity at the […]

While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market stands as foundational source of reinsurance capital and continues to expand across various products, regions and perils, ILS Bermuda has highlighted the island’s central role in driving the global sector forward.

As major hurricane Simon’s path shifted west it appears to have remained offshore of the important parametric trigger zones related to the $175 million IBRD CAR Mexico 2024 (Pacific) catastrophe bond, according to analysis by Isacco Loconte an insurance-linked securities (ILS) Investment Specialist at asset manager Azimut Switzerland SA.