Cyber catastrophe bond news

Beazley, the London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company, is aiming to upsize on the amount of reinsurance its latest 144A cyber catastrophe bond provides it, with the PoleStar Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance now targeted at $280 million, Artemis understands from sources.

Beazley, the London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company, is back in the 144A catastrophe bond market to sponsor a new cyber cat bond deal, seeking $200 million or more in excess-of-loss protection from a PoleStar Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance.

This week’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage may have cost billions in lost opportunity and downtime for technology and internet services around the world and could trigger some cyber insurance policies, but it was not significant enough to be considered a Catastrophic Event, Parametrix has told us.

CyberCube, a specialist modelling firm for cyber risks and exposures that has also been the third-party modelling agent for a number of the cyber catastrophe bonds that have been issued so far, has announced a significant more than $180 million investment in the company to support its long-term growth ambitions.

Solidum Partners AG, the Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has revealed that while it has not yet invested in cyber catastrophe bonds, the company is closely monitoring the market as it continues to develop.

According to a new report released by Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the privately held independent insurance broker, the capital markets are a critical aspect for the continued growth of the cyber reinsurance market.

Over time, capital market investors are expected to play an important role as a key element in ensuring there is sufficient cyber reinsurance and retrocession capacity, to support the expansion of cyber insurance limit around the globe, Moody’s Ratings has said.

While 2025 has been quiet so far in the 144A cyber catastrophe bond market, interest in this risk class continues to rise and Brittany Baker, VP of Solution Consulting at CyberCube told us that investors are increasingly working the peril into their investment and fund mandates to be ready when the next issuance comes.

With the catastrophe bond market seeing eleven new sponsors enter the space so far this year, the trend highlights how involvement in the market has become more acceptable, and how sponsors are increasingly comfortable with cat bonds overall, according to Brad Adderley, Partner at global law firm Appleby.

Beazley’s Group Chief Underwriting Officer Paul Bantick explained this morning how the company has prepared itself to respond to the evolving cyber threat landscape, laying out the importance of its reinsurance and cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) protection, while also providing an insight into its exposure to recent events.