Collateralized reinsurance news

Hurricane Milton is now a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 mph at the latest NHC update. With the central pressure now estimated at 933 mb and a track that will see Milton getting very close to the northern Yucatan peninsula, it has brought the Class C notes of the IBRD CAR Mexico […]

If now major hurricane Milton results in “material” losses for reinsurance capital providers, analysts at KBW have said that this could change the expected trajectory of property catastrophe reinsurance pricing at renewals in 2025.

Hurricane Milton has strengthened into a 100 mph storm and is expected to become a major hurricane later today. The NHC has now begun including storm surge height indications in its updates on Milton and from-the-off they call for between 8 and 12 feet of storm surge to impact Tampa Bay.

As hurricane Milton heads towards Florida, the developing storm situation poses the biggest potential threat to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market since hurricane Ian in 2022, according to Florian Steiger, the CEO of catastrophe bond investment manager Icosa Investments AG.

The Gulf Coast of Florida is facing another hurricane landfall, as tropical storm Milton formed this weekend and has already become a hurricane, with additional rapid intensification forecast and a major hurricane Milton landfall possible that many say has the potential to cause meaningful insurance and reinsurance market losses.

Investment manager Amundi US has continued to attract capital to its most recently launched dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy, as the Pioneer CAT Bond Fund has now reached $426 million in assets, now roughly tripling in size over the course of 2024 so far.

Starwind Specialty Insurance Services, LLC, a program management subsidiary of broking group TIH, has secured $270 million of collateralized reinsurance capacity for certain casualty risk focused programs, through the launch of Fractal Re Ltd., a multi-year collateralized quota share sidecar structure.

Here’s a reminder to register for our upcoming live insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused webinar on October 31st 2024, in which our industry expert speakers will explore the state of the catastrophe bond and broader ILS market, as well as the outlook for 2025.

For the month of August 2024, the broad benchmark index for insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index, has recorded its highest monthly return since its inception in 2006, being up by 1.71% for the month.

The catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has a “meaningful growth opportunity” ahead of it, with a near doubling of the ILS market to as much as $200 billion in capital possible by the year 2032, according to analysts at investment bank Jefferies.