cayman islands

As the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season approaches, the government of Cayman is considering expanding its hurricane protection by turning to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market to potentially issue its own catastrophe bond, while simultaneously expanding its parametric insurance coverage too, Cayman Compass reports.

Reflecting on Hurricane Melissa’s impacts on Jamaica, Hon. Andre Ebanks, MP, Premier & Minister for Financial Services and Commerce, of the Cayman Islands, said that the British Overseas Territory should also look to financial instruments such as catastrophe bonds for future protection.

Cayman Islands based reinsurance companies have established a new industry group called the Cayman International Reinsurance Companies Association (CIRCA), which is expected to help further develop the islands reinsurance sector.

The Cayman Islands has made some changes to its regulatory framework for catastrophe bonds, with a new fast-track license approval process that aims to streamline the issuance of cat bonds registered in the domicile.

In what could prove to be one of the most important developments in the catastrophe reinsurance market in some time, Property Claim Services (PCS) has announced that it is working with the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) on an initiative to launch exchange traded catastrophe derivatives on the CSX.

The Cayman Islands has new legislation in place which it hopes will help it to grow its share of the global catastrophe bond and reinsurance market. Two new classes of reinsurer have been created, and amendments made to the Cayman’s immigration policies, as it seeks to attract more of the new capital entering the reinsurance […]

Here’s a fascinating development which could have significant ramifications for the market in catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities, particularly in the secondary market trade in Rule 144A securitized notes. The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) has told us that it is planning to allow full trading and transfer of any listed catastrophe bond or ILS […]

The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) has released some figures on the amount of catastrophe bond programmes and series which are listed on the exchange. The CSX now has over 100 programmes and series listed with a total value of approximately $8.5 billion. The CSX listed its first cat bond, Ajax Re Ltd., back in […]

The Cayman Islands are to amend their insurance legislation in an attempt to attract more reinsurance business to the islands. The Caymans are a popular domicile for hedge funds, banks, captives and re/insurers as well as being the domicile home to many insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond special purpose vehicles.

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) have issued a press release announcing that they now play host to over $2 billion worth of insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bonds. The value of ILS listed on the BSX has doubled since July 2010 and this is the first time that the value of ILS listed on the island […]