Cyber insurance-linked securities news

Ariel Re, the Bermuda headquartered global reinsurance firm, remains constructive on the outlook for the cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, with Dan Carr, Head of Cyber at the firm, emphasising that as cyber portfolios continue to grow as the risk further escalates, this will allow alternative capital to become a more important part of the […]

While broader insurance and reinsurance market dynamics mean we haven’t seen any 144A cyber catastrophe bonds in 2026 so far, there is no shortage of investor appetite for cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS), and industry-loss warranty (ILW) transactions are still being seen, according to Brittany Baker, VP of Solution Consulting, CyberCube.

Artemis has learned that Beazley, the London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has partnered with specialist insurance-linked securities investment manager Integral ILS Ltd. to establish the awaited cyber ILS fund operation in Bermuda.

Beazley’s investment in its recently established Bermuda operation continues at pace, while the company is also continuing to build-out its cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) capabilities and joint-venture with an established ILS manager, CEO Adrian Cox said today.

While ample traditional reinsurance capacity is keeping the cyber ILS market limited for now, the underlying risk modeling and investor confidence in the asset class continues to grow. According to a new report from rating agency S&P, these evolving capabilities are laying the groundwork for alternative capital, which could play a much larger role should […]

As Anthropic’s advanced cybersecurity AI model, Claude Mythos, continues to generate significant noise across the cyber sector, investment manager Man Group notes that the per-occurrence structures and high attachment points of existing cyber catastrophe bonds should provide meaningful insulation from future turbulence, for when more advanced AI models eventually become widely available.

Today’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is significantly broader and more resilient than it was just several years ago. However, while the market is seeing growing interest in casualty, specialty, cyber, and hybrid structures, this evolution also means the ILS space is fundamentally more complex, according to Kathleen Faries, CEO of Artex Capital Solutions.

While loss multiples across recent cyber catastrophe bonds have trended lower, rating agency AM Best suggests that while the novelty premium ascribed to earlier issuances is reducing, it stresses that such a premium has not gone away entirely.

The insurance and reinsurance industry is currently treating artificial intelligence (AI) as a potential “force-multiplier” for cyber losses, but the pace of development of AI and its roll-out is reshaping cyber risk in general and introduces portfolio aggregation and loss correlation risks, specialist modeller CyberCube has explained.

Parametrix is delighted to see expanded support from investors across the market to cover the tail risk of cloud outage events through Hannover Re’s successful renewal of its landmark parametric catastrophe bond, Cumulus Re (Series 2026-1), Sharon Haran, Managing Director of Parametrix Analytics, has said.