Industry loss warranties news

Gallagher Re’s new Arthur Re Ltd. platform adds another dimension to the reinsurance broker’s global retrocession offering, and according to Jason Bolding, Global CEO of Gallagher Securities, the platform allows the firm to bring clients more flexible capital solutions while streamlining the issuance process for index-based catastrophe bonds.

The City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund delivered a net return of 11.27% for the year ended January 31st 2026 and its investment adviser said demand for industry-loss warranty (ILW) protection has been elevated, leading it to expect promising opportunities for 2026 portfolio construction.

Property Claim Services (PCS), the unit of Verisk that is a provider of industry loss estimates and loss data to the reinsurance and ILS industry, has provided us a detailed overview of the processes the organisation uses to designate and estimate insurance industry losses for perils such as U.S. tropical cyclones, severe thunderstorms, and winter […]

According to a new working paper by catastrophe modelling specialist Reask and specialist insurance-linked securities investment manager LGT ILS Partners, a climate-conditioned Industry Loss Warranty (ILW) strategy can materially outperform traditional static modeling approaches.

Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the hedge fund-focused arm of the global asset manager, has maintained its overweight conviction on the catastrophe bond asset class, with the firm citing that while yields and spreads have compressed compared to last year, the market remains healthy, with no evidence of weakening fundamentals.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has entered 2026 with significant momentum, driven by an unprecedented surge in catastrophe bond issuance and strong global demand for protection. SCOR Investment Partners believes this robust primary activity will play a critical role in sustaining current spread levels across the market throughout the year.

Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the hedge fund-focused arm of the global asset manager, has moderated its stance on catastrophe bonds from ‘strongly overweight’ to ‘overweight’. Despite this shift, the manager maintains that the asset class remains attractive.

The Ambassador catastrophe bond focused US mutual fund strategy operated by Embassy Asset Management has grown its total insurance-linked securities (ILS) assets under management to more than US $700 million or the first time, while the strategy delivered an 11.61% return for the last year of record.

As per reinsurance broker Howden Re, industry loss warranties (ILWs) are expected to return to more normalised growth in 2026, as the January 1st reinsurance renewals showed rates falling by 10% to 20%.

As per broker Guy Carpenter’s 1/1 reinsurance renewals report, there was a notable rise in demand for property retrocession lines during the January renewals, with the company noting that ongoing growth in supply contributed to some price reductions and broader coverage.